Natural Resources committee  I want to also point out that on the cellulosic ethanol side, not all technologies are created equal. We did see a significant economic disparity between the five different types of production processes we looked at. It's very important to keep in mind that it really does matter

Natural Resources committee  We're both partners in this project.

Natural Resources committee  We would hope so.

Natural Resources committee  We really hope so.

Natural Resources committee  We are at the final stages of pilot demonstrations. So we're much past R and D and much closer to first commercialization. One of the results of our study is that the forest industry is looking very seriously at full-scale pilot demonstration projects to take the technology to th

Natural Resources committee  The ecoENERGY biofuels program would have been the project, and that has probably already been allocated for it. The question then becomes what will the next opportunity look like.

Natural Resources committee  There are many different ways you can get to this endpoint. In our study of 27 technologies, we looked at five technologies that can get you to ethanol. We looked at three or four technologies that can get you to biodiesel. So it is fair to say that there is a continuum within th

Natural Resources committee  Pyrolysis is simply one of the 27 technologies we studied. It is a type of technology—I think this is truly intriguing—that converts a solid wood product into a liquid fuel in under two seconds.

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  That's the technology. I presume we don't want to get into more of the why or wherefore of that. Technology neutral means please do not identify technologies that a fund is going to cover and not cover. We looked at 27; there were tens more--I want to say 30 or 40 more--that als

Natural Resources committee  What have we done globally? The interesting thing, when we launched this project...I had not totally appreciated this, but we have had feedback from our colleagues internationally, and we continue to get asked to go around the world to articulate our findings, because no one else

Natural Resources committee  If you mean the pulp and paper green transformation program, it's actually worked surprisingly well to date. We're very pleased with the program. I say “surprisingly” because it's a lot of money to move in a fairly short period of time. I want to say for the record that we think

Natural Resources committee  I do, actually. Our industry's perspective is that it's really never going to be possible I think to compete dollar for dollar with the U.S. treasury in this area. They're aggressive and they have deep pockets. We see that. What we're suggesting is that we need to look at our

Natural Resources committee  Good morning all, and thank you very much, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, for inviting the forest industry to speak to you about this important topic today. I'd like to start with a little bit of economic context for you. I'm sure you're well aware, but the forest indus