Correction: You're in everything but Milley's belly. Poor Milley.
The Poor Hungry Children of America cpr began with Milley's story: She is a farm girl from the corn field of Iowa, who seen many families around her experiencing food shortages because their corn is being turned into ethanol fuel.
How is corn being made into ethanol fuel? Unfortunately, it's not as simple as sticking a gas pump into an ear of corn. There are 12 essential steps in the process.
1. Delivery of corn to the storage.
2. The corn is stored until ready to be processed.
3. Corn is made into flour.
4. Water and an enzyme are added to the flour to make a paste.
5. The paste is watered down.
6. Yeast is added.
7. Distillation to separate the stillage and the alcohol.
8. Dehydration to turn 190 proof into 200 proof.
9. Storage and transportation to be mixed with gasoline.
10. Seperating heavy solids and fluids.
11. Drying of solid
12. Collection of carbon dioxide for further marketing.
And then, ta-da! The E-85 that we can buy at pumps.
So if oil is a nonrenewable resource, and ethanol is, why don't we use it all the time? Well for one, to grow enough corn to support the entire United States with pure eth
anol would require 97% of the arable land in the nation. That leaves about 3% to grow food and raise livestock. There is also the argument (and Milley's plight) that we should not take food away to make gas for our cars. However, it is widely used in some areas (most noticeable in the midwest).
When Mr. Bender visited, he saw many signs that declared certain corn fields for ethanol.
So the Poor Hungry Children of America explored other possibilities of renewable resources.
1. Biohydrogen: It can fuel without carbon dioxide emissions. Made from bacteria releasing H2. However, very expensive to create and inefficient.
2. Biogases: Contains methanol and landfill gas.
3. Bio methanol: Methanol made from biomass, which is a renewable resource. But it's very expensive because it requires so much biomass to produce only a little bio methanol.
4. Biodiesel: Already in use, it is made from oils or fats, even leftovers like from fryers at fast food restaurants! We do not need to modify our cars to use biodiesel.
5. Algae fuel: It is made by feeding excess CO2 to algae, then starving them. The algae breaks open, releasing oil. This is an efficient method because algae create lots of oil in a little amount of space.
Alternative fuels have come a long way. Will ethanol remain a prominent member of the club?
The Poor Hungry Children of America cpr began with Milley's story: She is a farm girl from the corn field of Iowa, who seen many families around her experiencing food shortages because their corn is being turned into ethanol fuel.How is corn being made into ethanol fuel? Unfortunately, it's not as simple as sticking a gas pump into an ear of corn. There are 12 essential steps in the process.
1. Delivery of corn to the storage.
2. The corn is stored until ready to be processed.
3. Corn is made into flour.
4. Water and an enzyme are added to the flour to make a paste.
5. The paste is watered down.
6. Yeast is added.
7. Distillation to separate the stillage and the alcohol.
8. Dehydration to turn 190 proof into 200 proof.
9. Storage and transportation to be mixed with gasoline.
10. Seperating heavy solids and fluids.
11. Drying of solid
12. Collection of carbon dioxide for further marketing.
And then, ta-da! The E-85 that we can buy at pumps.
So if oil is a nonrenewable resource, and ethanol is, why don't we use it all the time? Well for one, to grow enough corn to support the entire United States with pure eth
anol would require 97% of the arable land in the nation. That leaves about 3% to grow food and raise livestock. There is also the argument (and Milley's plight) that we should not take food away to make gas for our cars. However, it is widely used in some areas (most noticeable in the midwest).When Mr. Bender visited, he saw many signs that declared certain corn fields for ethanol.
So the Poor Hungry Children of America explored other possibilities of renewable resources.
1. Biohydrogen: It can fuel without carbon dioxide emissions. Made from bacteria releasing H2. However, very expensive to create and inefficient.
2. Biogases: Contains methanol and landfill gas.
3. Bio methanol: Methanol made from biomass, which is a renewable resource. But it's very expensive because it requires so much biomass to produce only a little bio methanol.
4. Biodiesel: Already in use, it is made from oils or fats, even leftovers like from fryers at fast food restaurants! We do not need to modify our cars to use biodiesel.
5. Algae fuel: It is made by feeding excess CO2 to algae, then starving them. The algae breaks open, releasing oil. This is an efficient method because algae create lots of oil in a little amount of space.
Alternative fuels have come a long way. Will ethanol remain a prominent member of the club?
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