Posted on 06/18/2008 10:10:46 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Yeah, there are better crops than corn to use for ethanol such as switchgrass.
They can also use by products which have no impact on food production such as corn stover, wheat straw, and sugar cane bagasse. But they don’t use these products to make ethanol though.
Switchgrass is superior than both sugarcane and corn for fuel production in that it has enough biomass to produce up to 100 gallons per metric ton meaning it can produce 1000 gallons of ethanol per acre compared to 665 gallons for sugarcane and 400 gallons for corn.
And unlike corn, once switchgrass is planted, you do not have to plant it again.
Speaking of "weed," not marijuana, but it's close cousin whose name I forget at the moment--hemp!--is another winner, if.....
My wife’s older siblings are directly involved and have a Dak Lawyer who has done this before. The whole family is well educated and doing a fine job. Thanks for the advice. I will pass it along!
Very good!!! The oil business is full of schemes to make it hard for the landowner to come out on top.
Ok, a few analysts, out of thousands think it’s primarily speculation. The thing you people can never answer is why doesn’t oil plummet right before the contracts end (which means you must take delivery) if it’s mainly or even a large part speculation? Why are oil inventories dropping in the face of record prices and well below the historical average in inventories? If it was speculation, wouldn’t we see huge builds in inventory?
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