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Re:BHP says battery electric cheaper than hydrogen as it dum... by _aavaa_ on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:52PM (#36946332)
> And FYI, they’d be subsidizing it heavily if any meaningful quantity of cellulosic ethanol could be produced.

I'm not so sure. That would introduce competition for the corn ethanol, and there's a fairly large constituency (those having their corn production subsidised) that would oppose this kind of measure.

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Re:BHP says battery electric cheaper than hydrogen as it dum... by _hypx on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:54PM (#36946362)
The corn lobby are huge advocates for cellulosic ethanol because it means corn stover could also be made into ethanol.
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