[GRLUG] OFF TOPIC Electric Car

[Rick Vargo]

The technology is not currently available for converting switch grass
into alcohol. So it will probably be the most efficient when they work
it out.

Rick


Bill_Raterink at spartanstores.com wrote:
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> I had seen a documentary that said switch grass was the most efficient
> biofuel.
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> From: 	Rick Vargo <rick at vargo.org>
> To: 	grlug at grlug.org
> Date: 	11/19/2008 02:51 PM
> Subject: 	Re: [GRLUG] OFF TOPIC Electric Car
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> 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.
>
> Rick
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> Michael Mol wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Collin Kidder <adderd at kkmfg.com> wrote:
> >  
> >> An electric motor can be made darn near 100% efficient. As a bonus
> >> electrical lines are found almost everywhere. It's like a built in gas
> >> station in every building you see. So, I do believe that electric cars
> >> will end up being the way forward.
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> > It remains to be seen how efficiently synthetic hydrocarbon fuels can
> > be made; If those can be made sufficiently efficient, powering cars
> > off the grid won't work.
> >
> > Granted, corn doesn't appear to be getting us off to a good start.
> >  
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