{"id":10100,"date":"2018-09-04T14:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.envguide.com\/?p=10100"},"modified":"2018-09-04T21:45:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T13:45:52","slug":"could-chinas-waste-mountains-of-corncobs-fuel-a-greener-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.envguide.com\/could-chinas-waste-mountains-of-corncobs-fuel-a-greener-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Could China\u2019s Waste Mountains of Corncobs Fuel a Greener Future?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10099 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/us.envguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2018\/09\/Picture1-300x145.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.envguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Picture1-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/www.envguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Picture1.png 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A farm by-product that usually goes to waste in China could be the fuel of the future, helping to cut greenhouse gas emissions throughout the country, according to research by US-based scientists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a study published last week in the scientific journal Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, scientists at Iowa State University in the United States said that corncobs could be used to produce the biofuel ethanol more efficiently and generate less greenhouse gases than other sources such as corn grain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Blending ethanol with petrol can reduce vehicle emissions, something China plans to do nationwide by 2020 to meet its commitment to limiting its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cEthanol produced from corncob emits about 50 per cent less greenhouse gas than from corn [grain],\u201d said Wang Yu, an energy policy researcher at the university and the lead author of the study. \u201cBut for now, corncobs are used to produce fuel ethanol in only one of seven biorefineries in China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Wang said that stronger government incentives were needed to encourage the use of corncobs in the fuel ethanol industry.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Date: August 15, 2018<br \/>\nImage: Google Images<br \/>\nCoordinator: EnvGuide Team<br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/society\/article\/2159700\/could-chinas-waste-mountain-corncobs-fuel-greener-future\">https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/society\/article\/2159700\/could-chinas-waste-mountain-corncobs-fuel-greener-future<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A farm by-product that usually goes to waste in China c &#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/us.envguide.com\/could-chinas-waste-mountains-of-corncobs-fuel-a-greener-future\/\">\u7ee7\u7eed\u9605\u8bfb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":10108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[145],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Could China\u2019s Waste Mountains of Corncobs Fuel a Greener Future? 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