On Thursday 2008-01-10 17:13, Lance A. Brown wrote: > Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: > > Jim Sharkey wrote: > >>I'm sure some of you knew this, what with your big brains and all, > >>but I found it interesting: > >> > >>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=grass-makes-better-ethanol-than-corn > >> > >>_Scientific American_ is saying grass as a source of ethanol has the > >>potential to be vastly more efficient than corn. Pretty cool stuff, > >>I think. > > > > But still less efficient than sugarcane :-P > > Perhaps. The use of corn to produce ethanol is already driving the cost > of corn higher, impacting food costs already[1]. I don't think we want > to use corn _or_ sugarcane for producing ethanol in the long term. > > > [1] http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/18173/ > > --[Lance]
Can new arable land be brought into production for hardy energy crops? _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
