In Sweden, Chemrec CEO Rick LeBlanc authored an essay on the opportunities associated with black liquor gasification of pulp mill waste. LeBlanc writes: “While first-generation biofuels will likely continue to play a role in America’s drive to be energy independent, their consumption of foodstock as their raw material concerns many: To what extent will food production acreage be lost to energy-production and how will this loss impact food supplies and food costs? Fortunately, second-generati