Sweet Potatoes As a Biofuel by Daniela Simkova

According to The North Carolina State University researches, sweet potatoes could place the corn in producing biofuel. Sweet potatoes contains a high amount of scorch, which is needed for producing ethanol. The more scorch product contain, the more ethanol can be produced. Sweet potatoes can replace the sugar cane used in Brazil, or corn in U.S., which are used now. The corn and sugar cane can be though used for different purposes, for instance for producing petroleum for some types of fuels."Not only would these sweet potatoes be a much more viable ethanol source than corn, but because they are industrial sweet potatoes, we wouldn't be taking away from a food source," Craig Yencho, a horticulturalist leading the development of alternative use of vegetable at university said about the use of sweet potatoes.As the corn and sugar cane were used for the producing the biofuel, prices of these vegetable jumped a little higher. "The ethanol production from sweet potatoes then becomes much more cost-effective and feasible. Not only would these sweet potatoes be a much more viable ethanol source than corn, but because they are industrial sweet potatoes, we wouldn't be taking away from a food source," said Craig Yencho.

by Daniela Simkova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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