and after the meal has been fermented for ethanol, the mash can be used as animal feed, compost, or raw material for a biodigester.
Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com Palm Pilot Pages - http://www.webconx.com/palm X10 Home Automation - http://www.webconx.com/x10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (212) 894-3704 x3154 - voicemail/fax We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. -- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harmon Seaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 9:53 PM Subject: Re: Food vs Biodiesel production was Re: [biofuel] We don't need no stinking efficiency!!!! (?) > Is there a chart somewheres showing the amount of meal left after oil > extraction for each crop like there is for oil per pound or acre? And would it > neccesarily cause a glut -- perhaps with many crops the meal could be then used > for ethanol production? > > > Appal Energy wrote: > > > Herein lies the biggest concern relative to biodiesel - a feed meal glut - > > thereby bringing offerings for oil bearing commodities down. The farming > > community needs to bring every oil bearing seed possible into play to > > regulate the feed meal production or else more farmers will succcumb to > > bankruptcy when the backlash of a glut hits. > > > > -- > Harmon Seaver, MLIS > CyberShamanix > Work 920-203-9633 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Home 920-233-5820 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/