Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Giant Grass as Ideal Biofuel

Here's another story I liked hearing. It's about giant grass (scientific name being Miscanthus Giganteus). I thought it was about bamboo, but this grass is more like grass as I think of it except the blades are much bigger. It is similar to bamboo in that it is from China, too. The full nonscientific name is Giant Chinese Silver Grass.

Here is a solution that has yet to be utilized. This fast-growing plant can be used to replace food crops like corn and soy for bio-fuel. I like that it takes it carbon as it grows which offsets the carbon emissions it creates when burned as fuel. Also, the story mentions that it's a crop that only needs planting only once, unlike the other bio-fuel sources.

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