Re: [silk] Viridian Note 00470: Clutching At Straw

[Rishab Aiyer Ghosh]

huh? most plants suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. that's the 
carbon we release when we burn the plants, or when we burn fossil fuels for 
that matter (coal, directly from plants, or oil, from plants via animal 
digestive tracts).

At 03:34 26/07/2006, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
(((The kicker?  Switchgrass adds carbon to the soil
through its dense prairie roots.  So it's a car fuel
that actually *subtracts* carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere.  Especially if you zap the grass with