Sunday, June 04, 2006

Could miscanthus be a solution to U.S. dependence on foreign oil?

Could miscanthus be a solution to U.S. dependence on foreign oil?:
by Debra levey Larson -- agriculture.com -- 4/25/2006
"In the 2004 trials, miscanthus out-performed switchgrass by more than double and in the 2005 trials more than triple. Long says 'our results show that with Miscanthus the President's goal of replacing 30% of foreign oil with ethanol, derived from agricultural wastes and switchgrass by 2030, could be achieved sooner and with less land.'"

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