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Cellulosic Ethanol: Pros & Cons. Greenhouse Gas Reduction-Cellulosic ethanol reduces GHG emissions by 85% to 94% compared to petroleum-based fuels. Cheap, Non-Food Feedstocks-Cellulosic ethanol production uses biomass feedstocks which are not suitable for human consumption. Such feedstocks include switchgrass, paper pulp, sawdust, municipal solid waste (MSW), and non-edible plant parts (corn stover, sugarcane bagasse, etc.).
Starch vs Cellulose. Sugar beets and sugar cane can be have their sugars extracted and processed. Crops such as corn, wheat and barley contain starch that can be easily converted to sugar, then made into ethanol. Most of the US production of ethanol is from starch, and almost all of the starch-based ethanol is made from corn grown in Midwest states. Trees and grasses have much of their sugars locked up in a fibrous material called cellulose, which can be broken down into sugars and made into ethanol. By-products of forestry operations can be used for cellulosic ethanol: sawdust, wood chips, branches.