Re: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy

2006-04-01 Thread Keith Addison
Good point. Not very. Remember the ex-convict in Shawshanks Redemption who couldn't take freedom and hanged himself? Are you suggesting we should accept limitations like this? Or even take due account of it in our own lives, or in our efforts to build a more sustainable world? This what

Re: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy

2006-04-01 Thread martin roozenburg
: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy No Martin, turf as in sportsground surface may be pressed grass but turf a la the Emerald Isle (dunno 'bout Russia) is very definitely not.It is the early stages of coal, in fact it is a brown coal. To describe coal as pressed grass is stretching the category a bit, by a few

Re: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy

2006-04-01 Thread Paul S Cantrell
Hear about the Coyotes running around in NYC's Central Park? Hal, the coyote, in Central Park http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/special_packages/sunday_review/14186236.htm I disagree that it's a problem, but of course the cops had to chase him for 3+ days...Don't worry there are more...It

Re: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy

2006-04-01 Thread Don Wells
Jason Katie wrote: Mr. Wells, you are from Iowa? I went to school in Ottumwa at IHCC. No. I am originally from southeastern Texas. I posted because we had a biofuels forum here in Charlottesville,VA on 03-30, and one of the speakers was an engineer of the VA consulting company

Re: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy

2006-03-31 Thread martin roozenburg
In Europe a lot of the energy plants use TURF which is of course pressed grass, (Ireland Russia) in Scandinavia they use in threre roastbedfurnace pellets comming from Holland made from waste; chopped plastic, textile, wood,paper, board, etc, (solid fuel) these pellets reach the calloric value of

Re: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy

2006-03-31 Thread Keith Addison
I have yet to go thru the entire website but i found that this is very interesting! Actually there are already plans to cultivate grass as energy fuel. But dedicated cultivation is not always the best solution. I mean, if we can simply harvest grass from waste land or unoccupied land, that

Re: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy

2006-03-31 Thread Don Wells
martin roozenburg wrote: In Europe a lot of the energy plants use TURF which is of course pressed grass, (Ireland Russia) in Scandinavia they use in threre roastbedfurnace pellets comming from Holland made from waste; chopped plastic, textile, wood,paper, board, etc, (solid fuel)

Re: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy

2006-03-31 Thread Rexis Tree
Waste in whose opinion? Unoccupied by whom? The land and whateverlives on it isn't just there for us to use or waste as we might seefit. If it has grass growing on it then it's a part of the biosphereas much as you are. Sure, harvest the grass, but make sure you do whatever's necessary to

Re: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy

2006-03-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Good point. I like living in nature a bit more (now that spring is here, I'm moving out of my rented place in town, and back up to my school bus in the mountains near the creek). But I know alot of people who can't stand being deprived of running water, central heating, flush toilets, etc

Re: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy

2006-03-31 Thread Bob Molloy
I'd guess. Regards, Bob. - Original Message - From: martin roozenburg To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy In Europe a lot of the energy plants use TURF which is of course pressed

Re: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy

2006-03-31 Thread Jason Katie
Mr. Wells, you are from Iowa? I went to school in Ottumwa at IHCC. - Original Message - From: Don Wells To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy martin roozenburg wrote

Re: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy

2006-03-30 Thread Don Wells
Tony Marzolino wrote: Tony Marzolino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have any additional information on grass as a bio-fuel and the conversion into pellets as the site below suggests? The site does not have much detail information (capital investment, process, market, etc).

Re: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy

2006-03-30 Thread Rexis Tree
I have yet to go thru the entire website but i found that this is very interesting!Actually there are already plans to cultivate grass as energy fuel. But dedicated cultivation is not always the best solution. I mean, if we can simply harvest grass from waste land or unoccupied land, that will be

Re: [Biofuel] Grass Bioenergy

2006-03-29 Thread Tony Marzolino
Hello List - Did anyone have a comment on this energy idea and/or web site?Tony Marzolino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Does anyone have any additional information on grass as a bio-fuel and the conversion into pellets as the site below suggests? The site does not have much detail information