Google Tech Talks
September 20, 2006
Reed M. Benet
Biofuels Focused Ph.D. Student University of California Davis Institute of Transportation Stud
Google Tech Talks
September 20, 2006
Reed M. Benet
Biofuels Focused Ph.D. Student University of California Davis Institute of Transportation Studies
Consultant to The Energy Foundation, Chevron, Nissan
10 Years Founding, Funding, Consulting to or Leading Venture Capital Backed Life Sciences, High-Tech or Energy-Tech Co’s
Europe Finance & Operations
5 Years USMC Infantry Officer
Harvard MBA (Entrepreneurship)
Princeton B.A. (Politics)
ABSTRACT
Speaker proposes that plug-in hybrid diesel vehicles (versus gasoline variants) combined with biomass-to-liquid gasification and fischer-tropsch diesel fuels (versus ethanol, cellulosic or otherwise) is the best holistic and medium- to long-term solution for our foreign source petroleum dependence and transportation accelerated global warming and other environmental damages. Provides a whirlwind historical and prospective tour of transportation, vehicles, fuels, infrastructure, business models, motivations and options.
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Americans Find A Fuel Source In Corn
Technology Energy Gas Oil Fuel
As oil prices continue to rise, Americans are getting their fuel
Americans Find A Fuel Source In Corn
Technology Energy Gas Oil Fuel
As oil prices continue to rise, Americans are getting their fuel from an unlikely source â corn.
Across the country, plants are opening that convert corn into ethanol - a clean burning, renewable fuel. Ethanol improves car performance since it cleans the engine, fuel lines and increases the octane of a blended fuel. It also helps the environment â a 10 percent blend of ethanol in fuel can reduce emissions by up to 30 percent.
Thousands of gas stations across the country offer drivers 10 percent ethanol blend fuel, and more than 600 stations offer 85 percent ethanol. That number is expected to grow with the recently passed energy bill that mandates an increase in ethanol fuel production. As demand grows, producers are using automation technology to produce ethanol more efficiently.
SOT:
- David Vandergriend, ICM
- David Meyer, Siemens
- Ron Fagen, Fagen Inc.
- David Reisz, Farmer
- Al Jentz, Plant Manager, Amaizing Energy
- Kate Brookes, On Scene
- Becky Constant, Amaizing Energy, Board of Directors
- Eugene Gochenour,Farmer
B-roll:
- Corn stalks
- Trucks unloading corn at plant
- Gas stations offering ethanol blend
- Cars on road
Produced for Siemens
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