Grass Makes Better Ethanol Than Corn Does

[f-wolf]

January 8, 2008

Grass Makes Better Ethanol than Corn Does

Farmers in Nebraska and the Dakotas brought the U.S. closer to becoming a biofuel economy, planting huge tracts of land for the first time with switchgrass a native North American perennial grass (Panicum virgatum) that often grows on the borders of cropland naturally and proving that it can deliver more than five times more energy than it takes to grow it.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=grass-...hanol-than-corn

Edited 14/01/08 03:04 AM by f-wolf

[RHR]

I heard that corn makes pretty crap ethanol and I was pretty bad as far as emissions go

[BFHOON]

I think its because the grass is cheaper to grow than the other eth producing plants..such as corn sugar cane and potato.

it would take more grass in weight than sugar cane but the grass would have 500 times more for the same price.

[AceofSpades]

maybe the council will start paying us to take grass clippings?