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World needs needs Tequila power: report (Better Bio-fuel)
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| 29 July 2011
| Richard Chirgwin
Posted on 07/28/2011 8:28:21 PM PDT by dayglored
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To: count-your-change
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Who wants to wait for ten years to get the first crop from agave? Point taken... It would require someone with a long-term view, I imagine. After the first crop starts producing, then it just rolls on ad infinitum. But that initial wait is sort of a bummer.
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posted on
07/28/2011 9:24:30 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: dayglored
For the maker of tequila it might make sense but for bio-fuel?
That's where using sewage to oil would have such an advantage, a waste product is used as a stock, and both oil and an a completely sanitary charcoal like product could be made for fertilizer avoiding having anything to landfill.
Nothing too esoteric or complicated.
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posted on
07/28/2011 11:45:32 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Tippling the merchandise?
Getting tanked on what’s for the tank?
Sampling the stores?
Siphoning off some of the profits?
Agave at the office?
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posted on
07/29/2011 5:21:11 AM PDT
by
TheOldLady
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To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
07/29/2011 4:56:56 PM PDT
by
fanfan
(Why did they bury Barry's past?)
To: dayglored
Sounds promising, let the market decide.
Asbestos underwear on now- IMNSHO burning tequila is the best possible use for it.
-—————> Running
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posted on
07/29/2011 7:56:23 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Tories in- mission accomplished)
To: bigbob
I always saw biofuels as less of an energy solution and more of a waste management solution. Getting rid of grease from restaurants is a nasty business.
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posted on
07/29/2011 8:10:06 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Tories in- mission accomplished)
To: dayglored
Agreed- even a new vineyard can produce something drinkable after five years.
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posted on
07/29/2011 8:13:02 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Tories in- mission accomplished)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks dayglored.
Agave produces a highly-efficient intoxicant... 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...
Figures they'd discover this while studying joints. Wait, what?
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posted on
07/30/2011 12:22:12 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Ummm, sorry, I forgot the question...?
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posted on
07/30/2011 2:16:50 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!
Have you ever seen an angry SUV after a 3-day drinking binge? Put tequila in your tank? Only if YOU stay up with it cleaning up vomit all night!
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posted on
07/30/2011 5:55:51 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The liberal press applauded when the NY Times hacked Newt Gingrich's phone calls.)
To: a fool in paradise
Hire a pit bull as a chauffeur.
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posted on
07/30/2011 7:39:41 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: dayglored
Pass the chips and dip, willya?
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posted on
07/31/2011 9:17:18 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: dayglored
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posted on
07/31/2011 9:22:04 PM PDT
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dfwgator
To: SunkenCiv
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Pass the chips and dip, willya? Sure thing (slurp) no prob' (snork) just a sec... I'm licking the last of the (slurp) guacamole out of the bowl....
Once under the spell of agave I put some of Dave's Ultimate Insanity hot sauce on a chip and ate it. Took me 5 minutes to get back to the point where I could breath. Another 10 minutes before I could speak.
More agave nectar to rinse the burn away.... might have been Patron, I honestly don't recall. Great stuff!!
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posted on
07/31/2011 9:45:12 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: dayglored
So-called Scientific American has some anti-biofuel screed in the current issue.
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08/01/2011 5:05:15 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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