fossil fuel

THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF THE “Next Generation” Biofuels

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Author
RICHARD HEMMINGSEN
Director, University of Minnesota Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment
If the price of a gallon of gasoline hasn't gotten your attention lately, concerns about the environmental impacts of America's fossil fuel addiction or national energy security likely have. In the face of such challenges, alternative fuels are rapidly being developed and commercialized.

Minnesota farmers were among the first to answer the call, producing ethanol, a "first generation" biofuel. In the United States, ethanol is produced primarily from corn. Globally, ethanol is made from a wide variety

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ON THE WEB!

"A Smaller Carbon Footprint," University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies, June 2008,
cts.umn.edu (search for "transportation studies June 2008")

Minnesota Corn Growers Association, www.mncorn.org  (Search for "Renewable Bio-Fuels")

Minnesota Department of Agriculture,
www.mda.state.mn.us/renewable

National Renewable Energy Lab, www.nrel.gov (search for "biofuels")

Biofuels for Transportation, genomicsgtl.energy.gov/biofuels
/transportation.shtml

Ethanol Facts,
ethanolfacts.com/ETHL2008
/page.php?pgID=1

Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment,
www.iree.umn.edu

"U of M Biofuels Research" video, www1.umn.edu/urelate
/newsservice/Multimedia_Videos
/biofuels.htm

"Biofuels: Beyond the Headlines" video, environment.umn.edu
/multimedia/index.html

Act Locally!

Minnesota Department of Commerce: Energy Information Center,
www.commerce.state.mn.us (Search for "Energy Info Center")

Minnesota Ethanol-Ethanol, E85, Bio-Diesel, Biofuels, Renewable Fuels Directory,
www.mnethanol.com/biodir.php

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