[GRLUG] OFF TOPIC Electric Car

[Rick Vargo]

Let me clarify myself. Sugar cane is the most efficient biofuel that the
technology is current available for to convert to alcohol. They are
still experimenting with Algae and it may end up being more efficient in
a few years.

Rick


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