Kudzu.. the plant that grows on concrete.... -----Original Message----- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 11:31 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Bio-Fuels
Giant, killer, biofueled, robot? On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah... or someone could create a way to kill it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 11:25 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bio-Fuels > > If only we could harness the power of Kudzu, the south would have an > endless supply of biofuel! > > -Cameron > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Random thoughts on bio-fuels: >> >> * There's a a lot of promise here, but good choices need to be made: >> >> "The biofuels boom has contributed to the recent spike in food prices >> that threatens the world's poor. In Brazil, home of ethanol made from >> sugar cane, it's had another unintended consequence: slavery. The use >> of forced labor to work in sugar cane plantations is "a growing >> trend," according to the U.S. State Department's latest report on >> human trafficking." >> >> ----- >> * Done right via non-edible plants and a well-regulated production >> environment you could solve world poverty. I'm just not sure why >> people are looking into this more. Think of spreading the wealth of, >> say, Saudi Arabia across Africa! >> >> ------ >> * My favorite (in use in India and the Philippines) is Jatropha, but >> there's also higher-tech alternatives in research: >> >> Aurora Biofuels, Inc., a leader in open-pond algae aquaculture >> technology, announced today it has completed a second round of >> funding, raising $20 million. Aurora Biofuels will use the funds to >> expand its field operations and to increase its efforts to optimize >> the production cycle of growing, harvesting and extracting microalgae >> to produce bio-oil, which can be converted into biofuels. >> >> Microalgae have several advantages over traditional biofuel crops >> including their ability to produce much more bio-oil per acre, and >> their ability to be grown on marginal land using marginal water so >> they do not compete with food resources. >> >> www.aurorabiofuels.com >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261653 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
