One source of alternative fuels, now being studied, and supposedly more
efficiently turned into ethanol than corn, is Kudzu, which we have down here in
abundance -- it's nearly impossible to kill the damned stuff, and it grows
everywhere. If the guy who first imported it hadn't already been dead for
years, I'd go looking for him.
http://www.yahoolavista.com/kudzu/atlanta.html
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> I heard something on the radio that several major oil fields
> including Saudi Arabia, a big one in China, Mexico have already
> peaked and in decline.
>
> One thing I never hear discussed is plastics which have literally
> changed the way we live. Virtually all of them are made from
> petroleum as are many of the chemicals used in our economy. You
> wonder what will happen with these things if all the remaining oil is
> sucked up as fuel. I suppose substitute plastics will be invented
> from renewable resources. It is easy to imagine an ordinary sofa with
> a synthetic fabric covering a frame and cushions padded with urethane
> foam and polyester fiber batting costing more than what is now
> considered a luxury sofa with silk fabric, horsehair padding and down
> pillows. Alloy cameras would be a cheap alternative to luxury polymer
> bodies and it is difficult to imagine a plastic free automobile or
> hospital room.
>
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 5, 2007, at 8:35 PM, Jan Steinman wrote:
>
> > But there is a growing consensus that the earth's petroleum
> > production is at or very near its peak, and will soon begin declining
> > by perhaps 3% to 5% per year. Waste vegetable oil can help ameliorate
> > this decline while civilization learns to get by on less energy.
> > People once lived on 10% of today's energy. They will again someday.
> > Like I said, it would be better if we planned for it, rather than
> > just let it happen.
>
>
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