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To: djf

.........but can you turn it into ethanol??..

I do 8th grade science projects routinely. My project this year is making ethanol from Kudzu. I’m waiting for it to grow well and produce lots of biomass.

I expect in 2 weeks or so it will be ok.

I have the fermenting tank and am making the CO2 escape valve. CO2 is a bothersome by product of ethanol fermentation.

I’m in the market for a good grant writer. Any volunteers?

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48 posted on 05/22/2008 10:19:31 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . The Bitcons will elect a Democrat by default)
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I have heard that stinging nettles are also very good, though I have never tried them. Supposedly they taste like asparagus.


49 posted on 05/22/2008 10:31:27 AM PDT by dsrtsage (John Galt, Dagney Taggart..2008)
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To: bert

Wish I could help - I believe in kudzu :-).

It’s just getting started around here, after the unusually cold spring. By late June, there should be plenty of leaves for cooking.


50 posted on 05/22/2008 10:58:36 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("If Global Warming did not exist, the left would have to invent it. In fact, they did." ~Don Feder)
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