have you looked at the physic nut plant, Jatropha curcas L. (Euphorbiaceae).
Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com Mirror Site http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (212) 894-3704 x3154 - voicemail/fax We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ----- Original Message ----- From: "kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 10:46 PM Subject: RE: [biofuel] Electricity From Trees > 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 > > > > 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/
