Comments on: ZeaChem's Lab: From Termite-Gut Bugs to Biofuel

By: ZeaChem Breaks Ground On Next-Gen Ethanol Plant

ZeaChem Breaks Ground On Next-Gen Ethanol Plant — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:11:04 +0000

[...] I toured ZeaChem’s facilities a little over a year ago, they showed me the process and how the company was working on making the [...]

By: yass

yass — Sat, 22 May 2010 00:17:25 +0000

thank you dr. katie.. i want to ask you how i can make asimple fermentor at lab to produce bioethanol from corn wastes

By: Feds Hand Out $600M for Next-Gen Biofuel Plants

Feds Hand Out $600M for Next-Gen Biofuel Plants — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:52:42 +0000

[...] we’ve covered like algae fuel makers Sapphire Energy and Solazyme, cellulosic ethanol makers ZeaChem, and synthetic fuel maker Amyris [...]

By: Valero Gets Corny, Plans to Buy VeraSun’s Ethanol Plants « Earth2Tech

Valero Gets Corny, Plans to Buy VeraSun’s Ethanol Plants « Earth2Tech — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:19:26 +0000

[...] stakes in biofuel startups over the last year, including algae fuel maker Solix Biofuels, and cellulosic ethanol maker ZeaChem. But now the company has a different sort of biofuel assets in mind — not next-gen [...]

By: Katie Fehrenbacher

Katie Fehrenbacher — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:19:09 +0000

you could probably turn junk mail into ethanol, some companies are using paper mill waste. not sure how cost effective that would be though

By: Rao

Rao — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:16:39 +0000

Wait....I got it. How about a Mr Fusion Like engine that runs on SPAM? (the processed meat not junk mail....Or better yet CAN run on junk mail spam as well.)

I'm just kidding. (kinda)

WhatZeaChem is doing is really cool tech. The fact that they are using waste material is just a bonus. Once production is in full swing how much waste material is going to be needed or will a crop like corn be used (stalk and all) when waste piles get low?