单词 | ethanol |
释义 | ethanol (eθənɒl ) uncountable noun Ethanol is another name for alcohol. [technical] Until now alternative fuel production has focused on ethanol derived from plants. Collocations: ethanol industry Its ethanol industry has saved it billions of dollars since then. Times, Sunday Times But business will get subsidies too, including $100-million for the ethanol industry. Globe and Mail However, the price of corn used for feed had increased because of its use by the ethanol industry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The cellulosic ethanol industry developed some new commercial-scale plants in 2008. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Grain sorghum has also been utilized by the ethanol industry for quite some time because it yields approximately the same amount of ethanol per bushel as corn. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Pipes will transport the methane to an ethanol plant about a mile away. Houston Chronicle This location also has a new ethanol plant under construction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Before 2006, one project for building an ethanol plant are started. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They also factored in the transportation of the stored switchgrass to the ethanol plant where they assumed the distance was 20 km. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Chambers also opposed proposed funding of the state's ethanol plant incentive programs, declaring them a boondoggle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some have gone as far as to suggest that ethanol production can actually be more expensive - and harmful to the environment - than oil. Times, Sunday Times (2006) About one third of the American corn crop is used in ethanol production, which then is added to gasoline. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The price has surged 15 per cent this year after new ethanol production facilities burnt through existing grain stores in record time. Times, Sunday Times (2007) His modelling suggests that while the recent peak of speculation is past us, expanding ethanol production means continued higher prices. Times, Sunday Times (2012) |
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