Chapter 607 is sponsoring their 5th Vietnam Memorial, this time at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL. The memorial will remember the veterans who fought in Vietnam and against segregation inâ¦.
Largest Corn Waste-To-Ethanol Plant Opens In Iowa. The worldâs largest refinery that turns corn plant waste into ethanol began production Wednesday in Iowa, and many national and international dignitaries in attendance touted the technology as a major step in the shift from the fossil fuel age to a biofuels revolution.
The most common crop used in the United States for making ethanol for gasoline additive is corn, whereas in tropical countries such as Brazil, the crop of choice is sugar cane. The amount of ethanol produced per unit mass of biomass, given in units of liters per kg (L/kg), varies from about 0.07 for sugar cane, 0.16 for wood, and 0.36 for corn.