The ‘holy grail’ of biofuels now in sight

The Christian Science Monitor
By Mark Clayton Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor/ February 13, 2009 edition
Scotland, S.D.

Long-promised cellulosic ethanol is in modest production, but hurdles remain.

With one foot planted in a pile of corn cobs, Mark Stowers explains how agricultural waste, transformed into ethanol, will turbocharge the US economy, boost its energy security, and help save the planet, too.

This holy grail of biofuels, called cellulosic ethanol, has been “five years from commercialization” for so long that even Dr. Stowers admits it’s become a joke.

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