[GRLUG] OFF TOPIC Electric Car

[Rick Vargo]

Good question. They probably just dump it somewhere. Clean waste sites
most likely.

Rick


Collin Kidder wrote:
> Yes, you are totally right. I just find that the best way to test an 
> idea is to poke as many holes into it as you can. A good idea is one 
> that either doesn't have many available holes and/or otherwise has very 
> small holes. It might be interesting to see what sort of biofuel could 
> be made by using yard clippings. Trash companies have yard waste 
> service, what do they do with it?
>
> Rick Vargo wrote:
>   
>> There are issues in any alternative method. Nothing is going to be
>> perfect. Many of you don't likely even have an acre of land to grow
>> crops on (and likely don't have the time or know how). This is why you
>> can also contract with a local farm for crop. It doesn't have to be
>> pretty and it can even be rotten, frozen, damaged, etc. because you are
>> just going to turn it into alcohol. Hell, there are more acres of lawn
>> than there are crops. You can just takes your neighbors clippings
>> (although lawn clippings are not the most efficient source)
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>> Collin Kidder wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> The problem is that "efficient" crops all probably want the same sorts 
>>> of things from the soil. Farmers rotate things like alfalfa onto fields 
>>> which used to grow corn in order to regenerate the soil. I doubt that 
>>> alfalfa is good for fuel... except for powering horses and cows.
>>>
>>> Rick Vargo wrote:
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>
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