cm0002@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 2 months agoFarmer says 'we're in a very dire situation' ahead of harvest—with zero soybean orders from China, historically the largest buyer | Fortunefortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarenosuchanon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI wonder if soybeans can be turned into ethanol.
minus-squarewhiwake@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoSoybean oil can be transesterified with an alcohol (usually methanol) in the presence of a catalyst to make fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) or “biodiesel.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transesterification
minus-squaregoferking (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI mean they can but just like corn or others takes more energy to turn it into that then you get back
I wonder if soybeans can be turned into ethanol.
Soybean oil can be transesterified with an alcohol (usually methanol) in the presence of a catalyst to make fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) or “biodiesel.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transesterification
Interesting.
I mean they can but just like corn or others takes more energy to turn it into that then you get back