[GRLUG] OFF TOPIC Electric Car

[Collin Kidder]

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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