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Xavier_Onassis » 24 Aug 2022, 10:15 am » wrote: ↑

24 Aug 2022, 10:15 am

Traditionally the corn stalks are ground up and returned to the soil..to replenish the land for next years crop.
What happens to the nutritional value of the stalks when the sugars are extracted for ethanol ...?
NOPE!

You cannot make alcohol from cane without  squeezing the cane, preferably as soon after cutting it as possible.  The squeezed cane is called bagasse. It is traditionally dried out and used as fuel to boil the cane juice into molasses, The ashes from the burned cane are used to fertilize the soil.

Corn is much less efficient for producing ethanol than sugar cane. The main reason that we are still adding ethanol to gasoline is because of the Iowa Primaries, where candidates from both parties are obliged to support the corn fuel subsidy.

Only the corn kernels are used to create ethanol.  A corn harvester removes the cobs and another machine is used to remove the kernels from the cob. The corn stalks are left in the filed and plowed under.

Do you know how to shuck an ear of corn without making a mess? GREAT TRICK. Much as I dislike her- it came from Martha Stewart.
You cut the back off.. into the corn just a bit. Pop it in the mic for two minutes. And the entire thing comes off. With not one of those silky things on it! It's Great fun!!!! like Wow. No mess! Everyone should try it.  
doesnt effect the taste of the corn one bit.