Report: GM plans half its cars on ethanol by 2012

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General Motors is planning for half its cars in the United States to be running on ethanol by 2012, the Associated Press reported.

The report quoted GM North America President Troy Clarke at the Chicago Auto Show as saying GM will have 11 ethanol-capable vehicles on the market this year and 15 in 2009. Earlier, start-up biofuel company Coskata, part owned by GM, said it has formed a strategic alliance with ICM, an ethanol plant-design and engineering firm, to build a commercial plant to mass produce cellulose-based ethanol. The plant is due to open in late 2010.

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Just as long as its not corn ...

by NoVista February 7, 2008 6:00 PM PST

I'm led to believe that cellulose conversion is good but corn-for-ethanol ends up as a net-loss product.

Say! with other articles about converting plastic and woodchip, how viable would mining/harvest the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? An area twice the size of Texas of nothing but plastic junk ...

IPO, anyone?

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Not Corn
by spothannah February 8, 2008 5:20 AM PST: Here Here. I agree. The artical in "Science" about the net loss to the environment caused by corn ethanol is just simply scary because the "money" bait is too strong for business to resist. We need a more comprehensive policy that takes these factors into account.

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