On 12/3/2012 6:13 AM, Kurt Ullman wrote:
In article ,
"Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds" wrote:



Okay, but I was also talking about plants that could produce ethanol energy
positive, so while I wouldn't mind seeing most of florida and louisiana and
whoever else grows it turned into a big sugar cane plantation, we'll just
have
to use sugar beets, sunchokes, hemp and whatever else works until we can grow
algae that feeds on oil spills and can then be converted to ethanol

Of course the main reason we don't use cane or beets is price supports
from the Government (which were continued by the farm bill). Sugar sells
for about 18 cents a pound while ethanol is at around 10 cents per pound
(of feedstock).


Kurt, are you familiar with switchgrass? It is a great source of plant
material that can be turned into ethanol and it needs no special care
to flourish. ^_^

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...anol-than-corn

http://tinyurl.com/om89r6

TDD