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Originally Posted by mickss
Forget corn and sugar cane for Ethanol production. The best and probably the most cost efficient form of producing Ethanol is from growing switch grass. It yields more ethanol per ton, requires little to none agricultural maintenance, actually replenishes the soil with nutrients, removes carbon dioxide (CO2 ) from the air, isn`t prone to droughts, insects or blight.
Whats the down side to switch grass? Well if you`re a farmer you probably don`t get those fat Government subsidy checks for growing corn.
http://bioenergy.ornl.gov/papers/misc/switgrs.html |
Same as growing hemp, 4x more paper can be made per acr then wood, grows 4 times faster and is a reneable resource. And the hemp grown for paper doesn't get you high. Its all stems, no buds.
Yet growing trees that take many years is more cost effective.