No not a political statement: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-06/tau--fct062206.php
From campfire to gas tank, Mesquite energy may be harvested for ethanol
Vernon ? The dense mesquite-covered mid-section of Texas could provide fuel for about 400 small ethanol plants, according to one Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher.
Dr. Jim Ansley, Experiment Station rangeland researcher at Vernon, is determining the feasibility of developing a bio-energy industry in rural West Central Texas. The industry would be based on the harvest and use of rangeland woody plants, such as mesquite and red berry juniper, as an energy source.
<more> And you thought it was just a weed, Macaulay. :-) Terry
