Do I hear a "Giant Sucking Sound?" What is the evidence that switchgrass can
produce more energy that it takes to get said energy to the point of doing
work more efficiently than alternatives? What are the implications for the
ecosystems that would be effectively destroyed by widespread planting of
switchgrass? Upon what theoretical foundations is the whole concept based,
including the "use" of "marginal" lands? Does anyone really think that
marginal lands will not produce marginal amounts of energy? At what cost in
dollars and degradation/destruction of ecosystems?
WT
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From: "John Raasch" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 10:11 AM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Switchgrass Conference September 2013
Announcing SWITCHGRASS II, taking place in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 10-12
September 2013 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center. Registration,
housing, and abstract submission information available at the following
website: www.dfrc.wisc.edu/switchgrass.
The conference will bring together scientists and students interested in
switchgrass and other prairie grasses to discuss the state of the art of
prairie grass research. It will be an excellent opportunity to meet and
interact with researchers from a wide range of disciplines, including
agronomy, physiology, ecology, soil science, pathology, entomology,
genetics, genomics, and molecular biology. The conference will include a
field tour, several plenary presentations, selected volunteered oral
presentations, a poster session, and a community workshop.
Program Highlights:
All-day tour of prairie/savanna and bioenergy research.
Eight topical areas, each with one invited speaker.
One-day poster session, organized according to the eight topical areas.
A small group of abstracts from each topical area will be chosen, with the
author's permission, for oral presentations. The committee will make this
decision before the conference, so that authors have time to plan for an
oral presentation.
Abstract submission deadline: 11:59pm Friday 16 August (Central Daylight
Time USA)
Registration deadline: 1 September
For more information contact [email protected] or [email protected].
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