Although there seems to be a new ethanol plant basically every minute, there are those which are still considered as being more major and more important than others, and so while we should not forget about the rest of them, we should still make sure that we pay closer mind to these ones in particular.
For instance, there is the matter that came up most recently, in regards to the fact that a new ethanol plant was going to be fueled by cow manure; it should be known first off however that the new ethanol plant facilities may have a big impact in regards to the growing debate over the value of ethanol which, for those who do not know, is a liquid fuel that is distilled from food starches such as corn as a supplement or alternative to gasoline.
Furthermore, it is considered that ethanol is actually going to turn into our major source rather than gasoline, and this is a matter that is one of great and significance importance, not only to us and where we live, but as a global matter.
More on the New Ethanol Plant
In regards further to the new ethanol plant however, the new plant is expected to extract methane from 1 billion pounds of manure the product of about 500,000 cows in order to be able to generate 100 million gallons of ethanol, plus ash-by product, each year. As well, methane will then be derived from the manure and will then be burned to generate the steam that is necessary for processing corn into ethanol.
Basically, by mining mountains for energy, there are then certain facilities, such as the Panda facility, which is expected to save the equivalent of a thousand barrels of oil a day that would otherwise be required in order to be able to fuel ethanol production.
It is quite easy to see the importance of ethanol, as well as how great it is going to be in the future, and how promising the future truly looks if we were to actually turn to ethanol as our major source of fuel. However, we can truly only wait to see what happens, and you never know, perhaps within that time there will be more options to choose from as well; just as ethanol came into place ahead of gasoline, as could another come in front of it.