date:Mar 25, 2013
ransportation fuels to a lower carbon content, said Robert Weisenmiller, chair of the California Energy Commission, which awarded the grant. The beets have the potential to provide that.
The farmers say so-called energy beets can deliver ethanol yields more than twice those of corn per acre. That's because beets have a higher sugar content per ton than corn. And, the farmers say, the bio-refinery would bring jobs and investment to an area that's dealing with water pumping restrictions and overl