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

[Bethany Schroeder]

I know Jon has posted this in the past. It really does tell the story:

"How Can We Outlive Our Way of Life?" -- Technical paper by Tad
Patzek of UC Berkeley with special emphasis on the inadequacy of
biofuels as replacements for petroleum and the relative
superiority of photovoltaics, prepared for the OECD:


http://petroleum.berkeley.edu/papers/Biofuels/OECDSept102007TWPatzek.pdf


Bethany


Thomas Shelley wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Forwarded from CHEMICAL INFORMATION SOURCES DISCUSSION LIST
> 
> 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
> Precedence: list
> 
> 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  
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