What are Some Advantages of Sugarcane Ethanol?
The advantages to sugarcane ethanol are very apparent, especially when compared to corn-based ethanol. Sugarcane is able, pound for pound, to produce much more energy than corn in part because it is easier to produce sugarcane ethanol. Corn requires additional enzymes, adding more steps, and cost, to the process. Sugarcane offers other benefits as well. While corn is often grown over varying conditions, making it hard to determine how much will be available from year to year, especially for individual corn-based ethanol plants, sugarcane ethanol is much more predictable. The sugar crop, in the part of the world where it is converted to ethanol, remains relatively stable year after year in contrast to crops grown in the corn belt of the United States. While the Midwest region of the U.S. does offer some of the most fertile soil in the world, many other things can affect the corn crop. Pests, droughts, floods, even high winds, can all wreak havoc on corn. While the same could also be sai
