Switchgrass study show great possibilities= 540% energies

Switchgrass study show great possibilities= 540% energies
6 years ago, a geneticist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Lincoln, Nebraska, and colleagues set out to enlist farmers for a much larger evaluation. Farmers planted switchgrass on 10 farms, each of which was between 3 and 9 hectares. They then tracked the inputs they used--diesel for farm equipment and transporting the harvested grasses,Switchgrass study show great possibilities= 540% energiesalternative fuel resource?!?View 7 replies to this comment (most popular has 11 diggs)+5 diggs by kaelyiesta on 01/08/2008I bet that number can be reduced even more as development scales up. w.energycurrent.com/index.php?id=3&storyi ...+1 diggs by jstohler on 01/08/2008George Bush was right about something! cropland we need to feed our population and then figure out how much can be converted to farming switchgrass. source), so a 500% positive return from switchgrass is competitive, it just might not have the scale necessary to make a difference. crops.View 1 reply to this comment (most popular has 5 diggs)+2 diggs by Skooma714 on 01/08/2008Great idea. alternative fuel sources then become possible for a given price point. Energy Victory, which is a real strategic study of what we should do here: immediately require all cars sold in the U.S. fuels to choose from, including methanol captured from natural gas that's ordinarily flared. energy independence, which is a national security issue. energy just to process corn into alcohol than you get out. source can be more efficient in producing alcohol. energy which is then used to harvest the grass, then its a closed renewable system (for the most part) that just produces energy (less maintenance than solar). energy rich land.+2 diggs by Lowrads on 01/08/2008I am concerned about the reliance upon artificial petroleum derived fertilizers to maintain cellulosic hydrocarbon output. nocrop switchgrass, or mixed crops that demonstrate long term soil fertility and depth? bio-fuel is only a stop gap measure at best? energy source such as pure electric propulsion wherever feasible. production of CO2, CO1, other GHG's and pollutants from eons-old vegetation to the more recently deceased variety. energy crunch the likes of which have never been seen in recorded history. goBio-energy is such crap at this point. fuels are helping liberals feel better about themselves, but causing the truly poor to go hungry relative to skyrocketing food prices. energy return really isn't all that impressive, compared to traditional oil reserves. fuel.+1 diggs by eligus12345 17 hours agoCheck out the Aptera, an energy car that gets 300 MPH:http://www.thegrahamfactor.com/?p=110 diggs by webmaster4hire 14 hours agoOh yeah! source quoted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain License.