Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2015

Although cellulosic biomass such as corn stover, wheat straw and bagasse (the fibrous remains after sugar is extracted from sugarcane or sorghum) is abundant and cheap, because of recalcitrance—a plant’s resistance to releasing sugars for conversion to alcohol—it is much more difficult to utilize than corn.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2011

While cellulosic biomass like corn stover and switchgrass is abundant and cheap, it is much more difficult to utilize than corn and sugar cane. This is due in large part because of recalcitrance, or a plant’s natural defenses to being chemically dismantled. Wendy Higashide, Yongchao Li, Yunfeng Yang, and James C.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). If allowed as part of an emissions reduction program, offsets have the potential to provide various benefits. Cheap debt issuance alone, even if backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Another three U.S.

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