Today in Biofuels Opinion: “From our point of view the [cellulosic ethanol] technology is ready for commercialization. It is no longer five years.”

Jack Huttner, VP, Public Affairs, DuPont Danisco: “From our point of view the [cellulosic ethanol] technology is ready for commercialization. It is no longer five years from the market.”

Jeff Cooper, VP, Research, Renewable Fuels Association: “On page 591 of the proposed [EPA] rule, there’s a table that splits out the emissions by phase for both the gasoline baseline and a dry-mill corn ethanol plant producing dry distiller’s grains (DDG). When you total all those up and subtract the international land-use change emissions, that’s where the 61 percent reduction comes from — based on a 100-year time period and a 2 percent discount rate. They also have a column that doesn’t use any discounting and a 30-year time horizon. The reduction is still around 60 percent.”

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