[GRLUG] OFF TOPIC Electric Car

[Matt Michielsen]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Rick Vargo <rick at vargo.org> wrote:

> Corn is a terrible bio fuel you can only get about 700 gallons from an
> acre. Sugar cane is the best. Around here, the best thing to grow for a
> bio fuel is probably sugar beats. I think an acre will make about 1700
> gallons of alcohol.
>
>
Algae fuel is actually quite a bit more efficient than sugar cane.  And we
can grow it in sewage treatment plants.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algae_fuel

-mm
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