Abstract: . . .  biomass and coal gasification. Comment: specific direction will be to look at the potential of switchgrass used as a buffer crop or on CRP land. How with the project evaluate the environmental impacts of replacing petroleum-derived organic chemicals and materials with those derived from biomass? The project should consider the interaction of imports/exports and trade.  . . .
. . .  grasses? In the transition dynamics analysis, the project should consider other technologies such as co-firing biomass and coal gasification. Comment: specific direction will be to look at the potential of switchgrass used as a buffer crop or on CRP land. How with the project evaluate the environmental impacts of replacing petroleum-derived organic chemicals and materials with those derived from biomass? The project should consider the interaction of imports/exports and trade.  . . .
. . .  other technologies such as co-firing biomass and coal gasification. Comment: specific direction will be to look at the potential of switchgrass used as a buffer crop or on CRP land. How with the project evaluate the environmental impacts of replacing petroleum-derived organic chemicals and materials with those derived from biomass? The project should consider the interaction of imports/exports and trade.  . . .
. . .  much silica is in switchgrass? How does it compare to rice straw? The project should build flexibility into its analysis to allow for balancing ratios of products. There will likely be a spectrum of processing scales: plants in the Northeast, for example, would probably be smaller than those in the Midwest. What are the energy efficiencies for the various conversion processes? Is the project considering on-board reforming for use in fuel cell vehicles? What’s the current status of biomass gasification? 6. Environmental Impacts (3:00 – 3:50)      Why isn’t the project considering biodiesel, woody crops, or other grasses? In the transition . . .
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