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AGR 225: Intro. Quiz Responses and Answers. 1. Leading ethanol producing country. Answers: Brazil England US. Leading ethanol producing countries (Million gallons per year). Answer: U.S. with 9 billion gallons in 2008 U.S. & Brazil combined 89% of world total production
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1. Leading ethanol producing country Answers: Brazil England US
Leading ethanol producing countries(Million gallons per year) Answer: U.S. with 9 billion gallons in 2008 U.S. & Brazil combined 89% of world total production Source: F.O. Licht
3. U.S. ethanol industry production U.S. “gasoline” consumption ~ 140 billion gallons per year.
$5.00 corn & “cheap” oil Source: Renewable Fuels Association
4. Rich & Famous Investor • Bill Gates • T. Boone Pickens • Al Gore • Barack Obama
Rich & Famous Investor Answer: http://www.pickensplan.com/media/?bcpid=1640183817&bclid=1641831862&bctid=1650060434
5. Leading country for wind energy • Netherlands/Holland • USA • Germany • China • Ireland • Canada • Sweden • Switzerland
World Leaders: Installed Wind Capacity As of December, 2008 U.S. 25,170 MW Germany23,903 MW 3. Spain 16,754 MW 4. China 12,210 MW 5. India 9,645 MW U.S. moved into second place in 2007 and first place in 2008. Fastest growing wind energy in the world.
7. Leading U.S. state for wind energy • Texas • Illinois • Iowa • Montana • N. Carolina • Oregon • Nebraska • Washington • California • N. Dakota • Nebraska • S. Dakota
As of December 2008 Texas Iowa California U.S. total ~ 25,170 MW
8. Animal feed by-product of dry-mill ethanol production • Corn • Corn meal • Corn stalks • Gluten • Distillers grains/DDG • Glucose • Hay • Silage
Animal feed by-product of dry-mill ethanol production Answer: Distiller’s grains Various versions also called dried distiller’s grains (DDG) or dried distiller’s grains with solubles (DDGS) You get about 17 pounds of DDGS from each bushel of corn Note: corn gluten is a by-product of the wet-milling process.
9. Brazil’s ethanol feedstock • Sugar cane • Sugar beets • Switchgrass • Corn • Cattle • Goats • Soybeans • Nuts
9. Brazil’s ethanol feedstock Answer: Sugar cane
10. U.S. Biodiesel Feedstock • Soybeans • Ethanol • Corn • Cattle • Grass • Humans • Sawgrass Switchgrass?? • Trees
10. U.S. Biodiesel Feedstock Answer: Soybeans (or more correctly, soy oil) However, biodiesel can be made from virtually any oil or fat—such as used cooking oil, animal fat, palm oil, canola oil, etc.