date:Feb 26, 2013
itically.
Mr. Statts said expensive corn, which to some extent drives up the price of ethanol, may have the effect of spurring technological research and investment in more forms of ethanol production. He mentioned sugar-based ethanol from Brazil as being potentially more efficient than corn ethanol as long as its manufacture is financially viable.
Cellulosic ethanol, which uses materials such as wood chips, has never been marketable. Mr. Statts said that may be because it will never be feasib