Norwegian wood could become biodiesel in 2012 - UPDATED
In a story designed to tickle Beatles fans and environmentalists alike, two Norwegian companies – oil company Norsk Hydro ASA and paper maker Norske Skog ASA – announced last week that they are looking into using wood to produce biodiesel. The companies said they expect biodiesel made from wood to have lower greenhouse gas emissions and are looking to build a biodiesel plant in Norway by 2012.In a joint statement, the companies said, "By using timber we can also utilise [sic]a much greater proportion of the raw material and considerably reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared with biodiesel produced from rapeseed or other plant oils."
[Source: IOL] [Updated to remove ethanol reference, which was inserted in error]
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Tush 12:59PM (6/02/2006)
So we're going to cut down forests to save us from Mr. Greenhouse?
Yeah, that definitely makes sense.
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Phil L. 1:05PM (6/02/2006)
Hmmmm... The press release only mentions creating biodiesel from wood - which is totally different from a portion of the above description, which mentions cellulosic ethanol. Ethanol as a fuel is generally for spark-ignition engines, unlike diesel compression-ignition engines; biodiesel and ethanol are two different things. Is this a goof, or am I missing something?
Also, the "[sic]" after "utilise" is a bit harsh. This is an accepted Brish variant spelling.
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Phil L. 9:28PM (6/02/2006)
Sebastian -
Thanks for the updated article.
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