Isn't hemp, which grows densely almost anywhere and, as a
nitrogen-fixing plant, requires minimal fertilization, the ideal
energy plant (in addition to all its other manifold virtues)?
Also, methanol, because of its higher hydrogen content, is, in addition
to natural gas, much the preferred source of hydrogen for the fuel cells that
will power an ever-increasing number of motor vehicles and
"distributed generating" stationary power sources.
Shane Mage
"Thunderbolt steers all things."
Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64
>To make my points in a less combative manner. Crops are already "grown" to
>make ethanol. Such production is in no way dependent upon genetic
>engneering. It is possible that genetic engineering might make the
>production more efficient but the statement seems to imply that such
>production is dependent upon genetic engineering. It simply is not. In the
>case of wheat developing a genetically engineered wheat is problematic and
>that is the crop being used to produce ethanol in this area. A glysophate
>tolerant wheat is being developed. If it is licenced then this might to some
>extent increase production. But genetically engineered crops are no magic
>bullet. And as any environmental leftist web site will tell u ad
>nauseam...there are risks associated with their development. To hype them in
>the way that this article does is to ignore the complexity of the situation.
> By the way if u read the hype of the Methanol Institute., it is methanol
>rather than ethanol that is the great new future fuel.....
>See: http://www.methanol.org/methanol/index.html
>
>Cheers, Ken Hanly
>
>P. S.. I am sure if Mark Jones were to respond to this posting, my
>statements would seem mild....:)
>
>> 8. Energy Farms: The use of bio-engineered crops for fuels will be hurried
>> along by the genetic revolution that permits cultivation of crops to
>produce
>> fuels such as ethanol. "We will grow gasoline, so to speak, to lessen our
>> dependence on imported oil," Millett said. "With advances in DNA
>> engineering, we will be able to grow energy as well as food crops."
>>
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