[SustainableTompkins] Is switch grass where is's at?

[Thomas Shelley]

Dear Friends--I thought this might be of interest to those interested in 
alternative biofuels--meaning not made from corn or other food 
crops.   Please see the links below.  Have a wonderful weekend!  Tom

P.S.:  Does switchgrass grow in our area?  Is anyone locally (Cayuga Basin) 
trying to grow switchgrass?   Any Cornell folks on the list that might know 
of local options?
"Switchgrass produced 540% more renewable than nonrenewable energy consumed."

 From a study published on Monday by the Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences.

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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:06:11 -0600
From: Gerry Mckiernan <gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU>
Subject: [CHMINF-L] 'SwitchGrass' is the Word of Day
To: CHMINF-L at LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
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Colleagues:

'SwitchGrass' is the Word of Day in The Media and BloggerSphere this
Friday

Switchgrass ethanol: better than corn?
http://arstechnica.com/journals/science.ars/2008/01/07/switchgrass-ethanol-better-than-corn

Switchgrass-to-ethanol comes out clean in study
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9845030-54.html

A study published on Monday by the Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences (PNAS) found that switchgrass contains five times more
energy than it takes to grow it, which makes it significantly more
cost-effective than corn.

Switchgrass Yields Five Times More Energy Than is Used to Grow it

http://news.speeple.com/treehugger.com/2008/01/09/switchgrass-yields-five-times-more-energy-than-is-used-to-grow-it.htm

Tom Shelley
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"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present 
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own 
needs."

The World Commission on Environment and Development,
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Our Common Future, Oxford University Press, 1987

MY NOTE:  Sustainable development does not mean "sustainable growth" as 
growth per se is not sustainable.  And the term "sustainable" has to mean 
"for a very long time" (A. Bartlett).

"The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives."        Sioux proverb