Comments on: Cargill, Shell and Honda Team Up to Make Gasoline from Pine and Corn Waste http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/06/cargill-shell-and-honda-team-up-to-make-gasoline-from-pine-and-corn-waste/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Air Force Biofuel Program Gets a Lift from Coke http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/06/cargill-shell-and-honda-team-up-to-make-gasoline-from-pine-and-corn-waste/#comment-160577 Mon, 06 May 2013 12:03:19 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=27983#comment-160577 […] first took a peek at Virent back in 2011, intrigued by the company’s focus on nonfood feedstock like pine cones and corn […]

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/06/cargill-shell-and-honda-team-up-to-make-gasoline-from-pine-and-corn-waste/#comment-100556 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:21:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=27983#comment-100556 How many gallons might be made from non-food sources per year?   What percentage of the 400+ million gallons we burn each day in the US?

At what cost per gallon?

All these alternate fuels are fine if someone can make them cheap.  But from what little I know, the cost of extracting petroleum is quite low and if significant volume competition appears oil producers could simply drop prices to force them off the market.

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