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01-09-2008, 06:30 AM
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Grass Makes Better Ethanol than Corn
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The words of Merle Haggard have come true- "We'll all be drinkin' that free Bubble-Up, and Eatin' that Rainbow Stew" Or to quote a drunk uncle of mine, "When Pigs Fly" Well, they're flying! Who'd a thunk it? Gasoline from prairie grass. Why, just yesterday, little Laura Ingles was playing there.. 
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01-09-2008, 01:12 PM
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Re: Grass Makes Better Ethanol than Corn
Sounds promising...
The two biggest obstacles... 1) Do we have space to create enough switchgrass fields to produce the required amount for sustination (and will some bad weather destroy the crop?)... 2) What needs to be done in order to get the final product to stations to pass along to the public...
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01-09-2008, 06:11 PM
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Depending on the turnover of growing, ie; time between each planting and harvesting. Is it faster than the corn? weathering mother nature is a difficult situation, because your more southern areas tend to be to sandy and grass doesn't grow as well...
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01-10-2008, 02:02 AM
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It's like a weed. Cut it and it grows better.
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01-10-2008, 02:09 AM
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WAITING for it to grow back cuts into the feasability...Unless we have enough space to "extract" the grass in a pattern where patches of the grass is grown at different levels...
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01-10-2008, 02:14 AM
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Plus, I'll betcha-I'll betcha you don't have to fertilize it a helluva lot. What I'm thinking is every time I see a place unattended after farming it usually goes back to some kind of grass anyway. Look how many times you have to mow your lawn in a season. Corn is a one time cut. But grass? I think we have a winner here!
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01-10-2008, 02:21 AM
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But there are still questions... Special kind of switchgrass or wild switchgrass?... How much to make a gallon of fuel?... How much time and what equiment is needed to make the change from grass to fuel?... Can it be used for heating or just travel?... How long before Democrats cry about the switchback labor force and demands they get government healthcare?... Will this make Hillary cry?... How long before Jesse Jackson shakes down upper management?... Will Doctor Phil be there to sooth employee depression over laid off oil workers?...
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01-10-2008, 09:56 AM
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01-11-2008, 03:21 AM
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Re: Grass Makes Better Ethanol than Corn
I would be willing to bet that GW did his homework on "switch grass" before he mentioned it several years ago in a State of the Union Address and the media barely noticed like they usually do and did not at all get the main point of the speech about it. That it is probably the BEST of the choices for a bio fuel source. Just as their vision is not long enough for them to recognize the same thing about hydrogen.
Speaking of grass that lowly hemp seed and fiber has always been one of the ultimate sources also, and may I quote from the Bible about "seed bearing herbs" being on Earth for man's use.
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01-11-2008, 03:28 AM
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