MSU researches nonfood biofuel

The State News (MSU)
By David Barker
(Last updated: 02/02/10 9:47pm)

The future of alternative fuels and economic freedom might be as simple as grass clippings and wood chips.

Biomass such as straw, switchgrass and wood chips can be used to produce cellulosic ethanol, a potential replacement to ethanol produced from corn, wheat and rice, said Bruce Dale, associate director of MSU’s Office of Biobased Technologies.

“The payoff from (cellulosic ethanol) is that there is a hundred more times of it than starch,” Dale said. “Another advantage is that it does not compete with food sources.”

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