Comments on: Bioenergy Potential http://aspenpost.net/2008/03/02/bioenergy-potential/ Think Global, Post Local Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:18:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Star Eagle http://aspenpost.net/2008/03/02/bioenergy-potential/#comment-5408 Star Eagle Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:44:20 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/03/02/bioenergy-potential/#comment-5408 I defer to your yield estimates as I don't have any info to confirm or dispute but I will say that if we are only looking at the conversion to ethanol then your point is taken. However what I was trying to point out is the greater benefit overall to growing hemp with its multiple uses. Granted, I believe the best solution would probably be a combination of switchgrass, hemp etc. As far as seeing the advantages of getting past our having "a heck of a time getting people on board to farm hemp", I can only refer you to the book and the history of hemp and see for yourself its manipulation from required cultivation to its present pariah status. I quibble not when I say the history of hemp is fascinating and should be read by all as a primer to understanding the greater deceptions of our time. The real solutions will be found in knowledge, then the implementation of that knowledge. I defer to your yield estimates as I don’t have any info to confirm or dispute but I will say that if we are only looking at the conversion to ethanol then your point is taken.

However what I was trying to point out is the greater benefit
overall to growing hemp with its multiple uses.

Granted, I believe the best solution would probably be a combination of switchgrass, hemp etc.

As far as seeing the advantages of getting past our having “a heck of a time getting people on board to farm hemp”, I can only refer you to the book and the history of hemp and see for yourself its manipulation from required cultivation to its present pariah status.

I quibble not when I say the history of hemp is fascinating and should be read by all as a primer to understanding the greater deceptions of our time.

The real solutions will be found in knowledge, then the implementation of that knowledge.

]]> By: Casey McConnell http://aspenpost.net/2008/03/02/bioenergy-potential/#comment-5407 Casey McConnell Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:53:52 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/03/02/bioenergy-potential/#comment-5407 Thanks for the comment. In looking at just crop potential of hemp it only yields 3 to 6 dry tons per yr. On the other hand switchgrass yields range from 8-15 tons per yr. If you consider that one ton at today's conversion ability equals 70 gallons of ethanol this is a pretty big difference in fuel production per acre. Not to mention we would have a heck of a time getting people on board to farm hemp. Thanks for the comment. In looking at just crop potential of hemp it only yields 3 to 6 dry tons per yr. On the other hand switchgrass yields range from 8-15 tons per yr. If you consider that one ton at today’s conversion ability equals 70 gallons of ethanol this is a pretty big difference in fuel production per acre. Not to mention we would have a heck of a time getting people on board to farm hemp.

]]> By: Star Eagle http://aspenpost.net/2008/03/02/bioenergy-potential/#comment-5406 Star Eagle Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:46:32 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/03/02/bioenergy-potential/#comment-5406 Find and read "The Emporer Wears No Clothes" for a fascinating story on the history of Hemp and its varied applications for human use. This books is far more than I ever envisioned when I started reading. The irony is that this is the one plant that has the potential to $ave our sorry asses. Fuel, Fiber, Food, Medicine, No Tilling, No Irrigation, No Pesticides-Herbicides, Replenishes the Atmosphere, Multiple Yields Annually. On and On... Find and read “The Emporer Wears No Clothes” for a fascinating story on the history of Hemp and its varied applications for human use. This books is far more than I ever envisioned when I started reading. The irony is that this is the one plant that has the potential to $ave our sorry asses. Fuel, Fiber, Food, Medicine, No Tilling, No Irrigation, No Pesticides-Herbicides, Replenishes the Atmosphere, Multiple Yields Annually. On and On…

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