Posted on 08/10/2007 11:16:17 AM PDT by SE Mom
They've seen the writing on the wall... and it says "Fred vs. Hillary - '08."
This guy just makes sense. Love his no BS way of communicating.
This guy is awesome.
I wonder if the invasive kudzu vine would make a good biofuel. We have 2 different speed vines in our yard.
The northerners who’ve never seen kudzu would not know what you are talking about. I have lived in near proximity to the dreaded overpowering kudzu and I know that you’re talking about. This is funny. Two different speeds? I’ve only known of one kind of kudzu and it all grows fast. Indianapolis 500 fast....
If we could eat the stuff we wouldn’t need any other crops...
I mean promoting Federalism in a federal republic...
Yes, I think that Kudzu could be a great biofuel. I understand the roots are really large. The Japanese harvest them, crush and extract the starch which is like cornstarch or arrowroot, with similar uses, and use the vines for a fiber like linen. Somewhere I have a whole booklet on the uses of Kudzu. You can probably find information on the Internet.
Since the root is starchy I should think it could be fermented for ethanol like corn. The vines would be good for cellulosic ethanol.
See my previous answer. And yes, we can eat the stuff. I priced the starch at something like $4 a pound at the Whole Foods Market. It makes a delicate thickener for jellow like desserts. Very good and nutritious as convalescent and food for young children.
See my previous answer. And yes, we can eat the stuff. I priced the starch at something like $4 a pound at the Whole Foods Market. It makes a delicate thickener for jellow like desserts. Very good and nutritious as convalescent and food for young children.
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My thoughts exactly. The Federal budget in general and the transportation budget in particular has turned into a “tragedy of the commons” scenario. Every district with a powerful legislator believes the federal budget can handle one more pork barrel project. Here in SC we have one as blatant as Steven’s “Bridge to nowhere.” You might call it a bridge from nowhere to nowhere. Democratic Representative Clyburn has an Ahab-like obsession to build a bridge across Lake Marion from Lone Star to Rimini. The price tag is something over $100 million. Only a few hundred cars, at most, would use such a bridge on any given day. We could buy each user a boat and a second car on the other side of the lake cheaper than we could build that bridge. But a few well-placed supporters of Clyburn would benefit, and Clyburn has the juice. Oddly enough, it is causing a lot of friction between environmentalists/conservationists and the lefty Democrat.
If we boost the gas tax, that bridge at Rimini will be built, but the traffic will still back up enormously on I-26 in Charleston and Columbia, and it will still take an hour to go 12 miles from Conway to Myrtle Beach on US 501. That is because Clyburn now has more juice than the Representatives from those other areas. If the decision were made in SC, the larger numbers of voters in Charleston, Columbia, and Horry County might easily prevail (although we have our own pork barrel issues in the State Legislature).
Like Fred says, only in Washington are you rewarded with a larger budget for screwing something up.
Just came back from Fresh Foods Market, where I looked for Kudzu starch. It is sold by Eden Organics, for $1.60 per oz. The 3 1/2 oz package was over $5.00. Actually, I don’t know why more entrepreneurs have not done something with it. It is a fine thickener like cornstarch or arrowroot powder, that does not separate out when chilled. Good for infants and intestinal distress. Soups, gel desserts, gravy, etc.
Now I am going to see what Wikipedia and other Google sites have to say about it.
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