Sorry it's kinda blurry. It was out of focus in the original article, I swear. The blurriness has nothing to do with the Tequila...
Posted on 07/28/2011 8:28:21 PM PDT by dayglored
Agave a better biofuel than sugar cane
Agave produces a highly-efficient intoxicant, as anyone who’s woken up “Wasting Away in Margaritaville” can attest. According to a joint Sydney University / Oxford University study, the plant could also be a highly-efficient feedstock for biofuels...
[Agave is] an arid plant, which means it’s suitable for regions where food crops are at best marginal...
By moving ethanol feedstock away from high-quality farmland, agave-driven ethanol production would therefore solve one of the conundrums of biofuels: the accusation that corn- or sugar-based ethanol production displaces food production...
Study of a trial plantation near the regional Queensland town of Ayr has found that costs and profits should be similar to the sugar cane industry.
(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.co.uk ...
Jokes aside, this could be the answer to the criticism of biofuel manufacture -- that it uses valuable food production land. Agave grows in the flipping DESERT!
Of course, as one for whom a good Tequila is the nectar of the gods, I have to say, "Grow all the agave you wish, for biofuel, but be sure to save enough for the manufacture of potable ROCKET FUEL as well!"
Might not be a ping... just off-beat enough to maybe qualify?
Imagine the MSDS. Warning, this product has been known to cause women’s clothing to spontaneously fall off.
Doesn’t Agave take a long time to grow and mature?
Sorry it's kinda blurry. It was out of focus in the original article, I swear. The blurriness has nothing to do with the Tequila...
Agave, switchgrass, miscanthus, corn stover, forest and ag waste - virtually all plants, trees, bushes, and other flora contain lignocellulose that can be used to make biofuels without touching the food supply chain. Remember the original reason for bioethanol from corn wasn’t based on a fuel shortage, it was aimed at creating demand and thus higher prices for corn.
Get ready for $50 margaritas at your local watering hole;)
Yes, takes a long time to flower, although it varies based on climate, soil, etc. It's called the "Century Plant" for that reason. Luckily it's a perennial, even though each stem flowers and dies after one flowering.
Just great. How many bobs do we have here? I know about WobblyBob and there may be a WhataboutBob and over in Iraq we left behind BagdadBob. The tequila is getting to me.
For scale, check out the dude standing in the upper left. The spikes are about 4-6 feet long!
BS, still requires the same amount of money to process and much more. In fertilizer cost. And slow slow slow growth cycle. Waste of money.
Who wants to wait for ten years to get the first crop from agave? It would make more sense to process sewage into oil.
Steady stock supply and a well known process.
Tequila is liquid magic. It can cause the occurrence of events and actions that no other substance in the world is capable of producing.
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