Bioeconomy Pop Quiz Emerging Biomass Issuesand

Value-Added Facilities

Bill CookMSU Extension

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz

Which of the following is a biofuel?l. Ethanolo. Biodieselt. Wood Pelletss. Cow Poopo. Firewoodf. Wood Chips

t. Corn Stalksh. Solid Wastei. Sawdustn. Butcher Gutsg. Black Liquors. Tree Bark

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Bioeconomy Pop Quiz

What can be used to make ethanol?t. Woodr. Corne. Wheate. Sugar Canes. Jim Beam

Should we?

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Bioeconomy Pop Quiz ‘Bioeconomy’ means what?c. Wind Generatorsh. Solar Panelsa. Ethanoln. Wood Energyg. Methane Digesterse. Algae Farmss. Something to argue about

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Which technology is least efficient?

w. Coal Electricityh. Corn Ethanolo. Wood Ethanol

k. Governmentn. Cell Phoneso. District Energyw. Gas from Oils. CHP Utilities

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Which fossil fuel is in shortest supply? e. Gas

n. Dirty Coale. Clean Coalr. Chinese Coalg. Petroleumy. Petrified Wood

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Bioeconomy Pop Quiz What are the odds cars will be fueled with gasoline in 25 years?

Ÿ. Highœ. LowΩ. In Between≥. Who cares?

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Bioeconomy Pop Quiz What makes something ‘green’?f. Reading in the back of the carr. Forgetting about leftoverso. Salespeople selling stuffg. Political correctness polices. The Sierra Club

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Bioeconomy Pop Quiz Who uses more energy?a. University of Michiganb. University of Wisconsinc. Republic of Malid. Children aged 4 to 10

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Bioeconomy Pop Quiz Which building material is the most environmentally friendly?s. Concretem. Legosa. Steelr. Woodt. Whatever LEEDs says

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Bioeconomy Pop Quiz Which group is likely to contribute most to solving energy issues?y. U.S. Congresso. Al Goreu. Research Guysm. Big Oil e. Venture Capitalists

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Bioeconomy Pop Quiz Wood Energy Facilities - Pellets ~million tons production

Proposed

~million tons a gross estimate +/-250,000 tons

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz Facilities - Pulp/Utility/Ethanol

Electricity Gen.*

Ethanol, Other

Pulp Mill

Proposed

*Electricity only-not CHP

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz Wood Energy Facilities - CHP & DE District Energy

ProposedCHP (wood)

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3

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Bioeconomy Pop Quiz Wood-fired BoilersPrimary For. Ind.Secondary For. Ind.Other Boilers

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz BCAP Approved Facilities

15 March 2010

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Bioeconomy Pop Quiz Mascoma

RangeFuels

Bluefire

Poet

AbengoaLignol

US EnviroFuels

Colusa Fulcrum

Cent. MNKL

Energy

Gulf Coast

Energy

Inbicon

Vercipia

Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Projects

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz 10 Woody Biomass Myths Heard Along the Road to Disaster

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz 1. wood energy will Solve Our Energy

Needs

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz 2. Killing Trees Causes Climate Change

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz 3. Ethanol Takes More Energy to Make Than You

Get

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz 4. The Biomass Industry Will Devastate Our

Forests

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz 5. Wood Energy

Doesn’t Create Many Jobs

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz 6. Energy Plantations Will Displace Land Needed for

Food and Forests

Not !

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz 7. Biomass Plantations Will Exhaust Soil Nutrients

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz 8. Wood Energy Makes Air Pollution

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz 9. Energy Will Consume Sawlogs

and Pulpwood

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz 10. There Isn’t Enough Wood in The Forest for Wood Energy

Bioeconomy Pop Quiz The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent

It