Hello:
In the 2006 State of the Union Address, President Bush extolled the benefits
of making ethanol fuel out of lowly switchgrass (prairie grass) much to the
entertainment of the media and the pundits alike.The U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) believes that biofuels made from crops of native grasses, such as fast
growing switchgrass, could reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil,
curb emissions of the "greenhouse gas" carbon dioxide, and strengthen
America's farm economy. An average harvest translates into about 11,500 gallons
of ethanol per acre. An added bonus is the electricity that can be produced
from the leftover portions of the crop that won't convert to ethanol.
Why use a food crop such as corn when hardy prairie grass is as good or better?
Why import barrels of fossil fuel when we can grow ethanol bearing crops domestically?
Forgive me, I was being logical.
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G. Millson, CIMA, CIMC
President |
Ray
Dicius, CSA, GEPC
LPL Branch Manager |
06/16/2008