Ethanol from Hemp?

[Fish]

Well, we don’t use beets for fuel because you can’t get those big cans into the gas tank.

[yabob]

@Chronos

Correct me if I’m wrong, but what we want from a plant grown for cellulosic ethanol is just a whole bunch of biomass, produced as quickly as possible, right? And isn’t that exactly what you get from a plant that puts nearly all its energy into spreading? It seems to me that the thing to do is to figure out what the dominant weed or weeds are for a particular area, and then grow that.

And if it’s ragweed I want a cut of the Claritin-D sales in the area.

[Fish]

@Chronos

It seems to me that the thing to do is to figure out what the dominant weed or weeds are for a particular area, and then grow that.

Then we’d have gas made from kudzu. It might be a close-run thing between kudzu or those ubiquitous “Lose Weight! Call This Number” fliers.

[justwannano]

@Fish

Then we’d have gas made from kudzu. It might be a close-run thing between kudzu or those ubiquitous “Lose Weight! Call This Number” fliers.

Do ya supose they have checked or using crab grass?