Yeah, pollution is really a big issue there! A cellulosic ethanol process could help in several ways for sure, but they need to do a whole lot more to solve all their pollution problems.
Hopefully, the financing will come through before too much longer, since it may then take another 12-15 months before Bluefire can build and start up their Fulton plant, in order to prove to the Chinese that a full-scale plant using the Bluefire process is successful. It was successful in Japan as a pilot plant process, and I believe it will also do well in a larger process( my opinion as a chemical engineer who has studied their report on the Japan plant runs).
