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AGR 225: Intro. Quiz Responses and Answers

AGR 225: Intro. Quiz Responses and Answers. 1. Leading ethanol producing country. Answers: Brazil England US. Leading ethanol producing countries (Million gallons per year). Answer: U.S. with 9 billion gallons in 2008 U.S. & Brazil combined  89% of world total production

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AGR 225: Intro. Quiz Responses and Answers

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  1. AGR 225: Intro. Quiz Responses and Answers

  2. 1. Leading ethanol producing country Answers: Brazil England US

  3. Leading ethanol producing countries(Million gallons per year) Answer: U.S. with 9 billion gallons in 2008 U.S. & Brazil combined  89% of world total production Source: F.O. Licht

  4. 2. 1 MW wind turbine supports how many (average) homes?

  5. #2. 1 MW wind turbine supports how many (average) homes?

  6. 3. U.S. ethanol industry production

  7. 3. U.S. ethanol industry production U.S. “gasoline” consumption ~ 140 billion gallons per year.

  8. $5.00 corn & “cheap” oil Source: Renewable Fuels Association

  9. 4. Rich & Famous Investor • Bill Gates • T. Boone Pickens • Al Gore • Barack Obama

  10. Rich & Famous Investor Answer: http://www.pickensplan.com/media/?bcpid=1640183817&bclid=1641831862&bctid=1650060434

  11. 5. Leading country for wind energy • Netherlands/Holland • USA • Germany • China • Ireland • Canada • Sweden • Switzerland

  12. World Leaders: Installed Wind Capacity As of December, 2008 U.S. 25,170 MW Germany23,903 MW 3. Spain 16,754 MW 4. China 12,210 MW 5. India 9,645 MW U.S. moved into second place in 2007 and first place in 2008.  Fastest growing wind energy in the world.

  13. 6. Gallons of ethanol from bushel of corn

  14. 6. Gallons of ethanol from bushel of corn

  15. 7. Leading U.S. state for wind energy • Texas • Illinois • Iowa • Montana • N. Carolina • Oregon • Nebraska • Washington • California • N. Dakota • Nebraska • S. Dakota

  16. As of December 2008 Texas Iowa California U.S. total ~ 25,170 MW

  17. 8. Animal feed by-product of dry-mill ethanol production • Corn • Corn meal • Corn stalks • Gluten • Distillers grains/DDG • Glucose • Hay • Silage

  18. Animal feed by-product of dry-mill ethanol production Answer: Distiller’s grains Various versions also called dried distiller’s grains (DDG) or dried distiller’s grains with solubles (DDGS) You get about 17 pounds of DDGS from each bushel of corn Note: corn gluten is a by-product of the wet-milling process.

  19. 9. Brazil’s ethanol feedstock • Sugar cane • Sugar beets • Switchgrass • Corn • Cattle • Goats • Soybeans • Nuts

  20. 9. Brazil’s ethanol feedstock Answer: Sugar cane

  21. 10. U.S. Biodiesel Feedstock • Soybeans • Ethanol • Corn • Cattle • Grass • Humans • Sawgrass Switchgrass?? • Trees

  22. 10. U.S. Biodiesel Feedstock Answer: Soybeans (or more correctly, soy oil) However, biodiesel can be made from virtually any oil or fat—such as used cooking oil, animal fat, palm oil, canola oil, etc.

  23. 11. Gallons in a “barrel” of crude oil

  24. 11. Gallons in a “barrel” of crude oil

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