The Oil Drum: Life in a (Switch)Grass House

Scouring the web with an eye toward understanding a bit more about the use of biomass-based ethanol as a replacement for gasoline, it has become apparent to me that there are a substantial number of “urban legends” emerging regarding the use of switchgrass as a feedstock for ethanol. More properly, these misconceptions are “rural legends,” because at least from this former farm kid’s perspective they arise from the fact that most people have very little connection to the land, and as such, are simply blowing a lot of wishful smoke about the details of a biomass-based fuel system. Hopefully the analysis below will shed a bit of light on the subject.
Good detailed post after the jump to The Oil Drum.