Chinese tallow tree? They boil the berries and make candles from the "wax". High yield. I have the scientific name around here somewhere.
Kirk -----Original Message----- From: Neoteric Biofuels Inc. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 8:24 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] Electricity From Trees on 10/27/01 6:33 PM, Ted Swarts at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: eTrees maybe not...but there are tropical trees that are serious sources of oil. M.Oleifera is one example. The power outlet is the seeds, but you gotta squish em first, and then get a diesel. nice to see more Kelowna folks on the list. "Biofuels in the Valley...live from the Westside" Ed B. www.biofuels.ca PS: Blues fans...tune into www.kplu.org right now. Live stream, gret tunes from PLU in Wa. State! > Electricity From Trees > October 26, 2001 > > Biotechnology may be our planets best hope for developing sustainable energy > sources and all sorts of interesting research is taking place in this realm > but one idea advocated by Bernard Wiltholt of Zurich's Swiss Institute Of > Technology may very well give new meaning to the concept of green energy. At a > recent scientific conference in Berlin, Wiltholt suggested that trees might be > genetically engineered to produce electricity using the bioprocesses of > electric eels (source: Vancouver Province, October 25, 2001, page A33c). > > Without access to any literature referencing this technology, I'm reluctant to > endorse the idea but it is easy to imagine just how hopeful or hopeless it > actually is. Plant a couple of eTrees in your yard and voila, all your power > needs are fulfilled, assuming you can find the damn power outlets, of course. > > Ted Swarts Kelowna, British Columbia > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.286 / Virus Database: 152 - Release Date: 10/9/2001 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/Gi0tnD/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
