Cellulosic ethanol will be produced at $1.25 per gallon or cheaper within three years (by January 2010).
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“I so believe that $1.25 or cheaper cellulosic ethanol is less than three years away”
- Said on
- 23 January 2007 · Khosla's written response to Terry Tamminen on ethanol, published on Grist
- Source
- Vinod Khosla responds to Terry Tamminen on ethanol · Grist
- Should come true
- Jan 2010
- How sure they sounded
- I so believe
- Categories
- EnergyClimate
- Importance
- 3 of 5 · Cheap cellulosic ethanol would have reshaped the US transport fuel industry and oil dependence.
Outcome
Inaccurate
By early 2010 commercial cellulosic ethanol barely existed: EPA cut the 2010 cellulosic mandate from 100 million to 6.5 million gallons for lack of supply, and even that was not met. Khosla-backed Range Fuels produced only about 100,000 gallons before failing in 2011, so no $1.25/gal commercial production arrived in the window.
- https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/article/17285427/epa-lowers-cellulosic-ethanol-standard-for-2010
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-12-02/range-fuels-cellulosic-ethanol-plant-fails-as-u-s-pulls-plug
- https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/20150114_R41106_689018cb07d44d67d6f4fbd9aa9a9290cf56ed23.html
History
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