On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 09:54 AM, Myles Twete wrote:
> One potential energy plant not investigated since the 1980's that I > can tell > is Euphorbia lathyris (aka Mole or Gopher Plant). According to > Tickell and > other sources, the Mole plant produces more oil (approx. 1200kg/ha) > than > ANY OTHER plant crop other than trees and bushes such as castor bean. > The bean itself is said to yield 50% oil content. It grows like crazy > virtually > anywhere. I'm real interested in gopher plant, too -- it's grows great in Tuolumne, and is (maybe a little) helpful with the horrible gopher problems up there. I have a pile of seed collected (it's very easy to harvest and thresh), but I haven't run it thru my rampress because the oil is quite toxic, and I don't want to contaminate the press. -K ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/46VHAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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/
