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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
What kind of fuel will run the tractors used in the cornfields?

How about using all those cornstalks to provide steam power generation ?

20 posted on 01/30/2006 3:26:01 AM PST by Drammach (In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king..)
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To: Drammach
How about using the diesel exhaust to generate steam. AKA the Still engine. IIRC the thermal efficiency of the still engine runs in the 50% range.
21 posted on 01/30/2006 4:04:50 AM PST by cannonball
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