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JohnWxy
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Tue May-10-11 12:32 PM Original message |
Ethanol Potential in Giant Sweet Potatoes (1500-1800 gallons per acre) |
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damntexdem
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Tue May-10-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Turning a food staple into biofuel will mean more famine in the world. |
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jwirr
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Tue May-10-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It states that this particular sweet potato is not a food because it is |
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JohnWxy
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Tue May-10-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I know, you got that from Glenn Beck who, of course, got it from God! |
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jwirr
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Tue May-10-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I am a farmers daughter. I know that when acreage is taken out of |
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JohnWxy
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Tue May-10-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Bioenergy potential seen in abandoned agricultural land - Stanford University |
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JohnWxy
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Tue May-10-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. World Bank originally accused biofuels of causing food price rises, corrects itself.... |
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jwirr
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Tue May-10-11 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. As long as a crop is planted on acreage that cannot be used for |
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kristopher
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Tue May-10-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Why? How does it compare to alternative advanced biofuel production? |
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poopfuel
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Tue May-10-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. ah yes the big agribusiness saw |
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kristopher
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Tue May-10-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It isn't a "saw". Without agribusiness lobby ethanol mandate wouldn't exist. |
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JohnWxy
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Tue May-10-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. How does it compare with alt. 'advanced biofuel' production? If you are talking about |
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JohnWxy
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Tue May-10-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Hand-out, hmmmm, Let's see $6 billion for the Blenders Credit, Ethanol lowers gas price at least 15% |
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