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Oklahoma Bioenergy To Plant Switchgrass

April 29, 2008   |   3 Comments

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"Rising food costs recently resulted in a pushback against renewable fuels. However, cellulosic ethanol from sources like switchgrass and sorghum are non-competitive with food sources for animals and humans and remove cellulosic ethanol from this discussion."

-- David Fleischaker, Oklahoma Secretary of Energy
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April 30, 2008
I am one of Directors based in North East England. Through Anaerobic Digestion (AD) takes any green waste, even cut grass or used flowers.
No land diverted from food production, so should be no complaints. Water 80% of what goes in is water, can easily be made pure enough to drink, either for humans or animals.

What goes into AD is organic, it takes AD plant after it warms up less than two hours to produce methane gas. The human body is a small scale AD system, the designer has designs for AD plants, from 1 Tonne upto 10,000 Tonne per day. Due to rise in oil prices payback should be less than ONE YEAR.

Had meeting with Regional Director other week, his Bank now valued at more than £7Billion. Also should see him for lunch at at Teesside Brunch meeting in local hotel.

Had to attend a 17th Edition Regulations Course last night for Institute Electrical Engineers. But the one I am most proud of is that COMP"EX" that says I am a competent person to work with Hazardous Products, any gas from Methane to Butane or Propane. I think you might agree, do not want the gas to go bang.

Have to go as meeting takes place around 11.00

Regards John Gregson 07796 533 460
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April 30, 2008
hemp grows beautifully and produces a lot of seed high in oil. I found a field growing near where I live and it smelt beautiful. I made some of it into hash brownies and it tasted good but sadly no high from it....
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April 30, 2008
Why not Hemp?
Industrial hemp grows four times faster than wood and produces four times more biomass than wood on the same space. Hemp does not need any herbicides or pesticides. Hemp grows almost everywhere. It is time to overcome ideological legislation. Europe legally grows and uses industrial hemp and serves well as a role model.
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