Hi Harry
Thanks for those references Keith, they will be very useful.
You're most welcome, I'm glad you can use them.
produce enough food to go around. Until I observe a change in the way
wealth, and food, are distributed I must insist that we do all we can to
increase the total production of
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From: F. Marc de Piolenc [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Biofuel List biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 10:04 PM
Subject: [biofuel] more on Jerusalem artichokes
Subject: Re: More on Jerusalem artichokes
Steve Spence wrote:
my father in law just plowed under 2
Oh, yes, the best way to spread the crop of Jerusalem artichokes is to
roto-till them -- every little piece starts a new plant. Probably the best way
to get rid of them w/o major herbicide is to put hogs in there.
Similar conversation on two other lists, about kudzu. Kudzu should be
a good
Keith Addison wrote:
According to the Alcohol Yield tables in the Mother Earth Alcohol
Fuel Manual, Jerusalem artichokes yield 20 gallons of 99.5% ethanol
per ton, and 1,200 gallons per acre. Yield per acre is calculated on
three harvests of heads per year.
Are you sure they're
: [biofuel] More on Jerusalem artichokes
The bugs in the stomachs of ruminants and termites digest cellulose (waste
paper and stubble) to sugars that can be fermented. The reason draft horses
are inefficient is that they require too much land to grow their fuel
(food), even for on farm energy existing
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [biofuel] More on Jerusalem artichokes
Oh, yes, the best way to spread the crop of Jerusalem artichokes is to
roto-till them -- every little piece starts a new plant. Probably the best
way
to get rid of them w/o major herbicide is to put hogs in there.
steve
My impression on viewing the yield per acre of fuel from Jerusalem
artichokes is who needs horses? I only feed a tractor when I use it. A
draft horse eats more hay than 3 cows and thats all winter. Tractor just
sits there. No fuel needed till doing useful work. And much work people do
with
Hi Harmon,
I am not sure what do you mean by ultra prolific crops - but if you meant
abundant energy
resource here is one of the answers:
straw - used for combustion in furnaces and boilers
I do not know exactly where the idea of using it was first born, but certainly
Denmark is a good
Subject: Re: More on Jerusalem artichokes
Steve Spence wrote:
my father in law just plowed under 2 acres of Jerusalem artichokes.
they
keep coming up and he can't get rid of them :-(
The books do say that volunteer plants are a problem with all the
sunflower family.
Wish he could send the
Thanks for those references Keith, they will be very useful.
I am in an unstable phase in regards to my position on Ecological
Sustainability and population. If we are in fact in denial and
consequentially get it wrong we and the rest of biodiversity may only
survive in pockets, despite what WE
get 2
crops.
B.r., David
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From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 12:30 AM
Subject: [biofuel] More on Jerusalem artichokes
According to the Alcohol Yield tables in the Mother Earth Alcohol
Fuel Manual, Jerusalem
The bugs in the stomachs of ruminants and termites digest cellulose (waste
paper and stubble) to sugars that can be fermented. The reason draft horses
are inefficient is that they require too much land to grow their fuel
(food), even for on farm energy existing waste products need to be used. Any
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Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 4:49 AM
Subject: Re: [biofuel] More on Jerusalem artichokes
The bugs in the stomachs of ruminants and termites digest cellulose (waste
paper and stubble) to sugars that can be fermented. The reason draft
horses
are inefficient is that they require too much land
Gary and Jos Kimlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The bugs in the stomachs of ruminants and termites digest cellulose (waste
paper and stubble) to sugars that can be fermented.
There's a lot of work in progress on cellulose to ethanol, but I
think it's safe to say that none of it's arrived yet
Keith Addison wrote:
According to the Alcohol Yield tables in the Mother Earth Alcohol
Fuel Manual, Jerusalem artichokes yield 20 gallons of 99.5% ethanol
per ton, and 1,200 gallons per acre. Yield per acre is calculated on
three harvests of heads per year.
Are you sure they're
According to the Alcohol Yield tables in the Mother Earth Alcohol
Fuel Manual, Jerusalem artichokes yield 20 gallons of 99.5% ethanol
per ton, and 1,200 gallons per acre. Yield per acre is calculated on
three harvests of heads per year. Comparative yields are 889 gal/acre
for sugar in Hawaii,
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