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World needs needs Tequila power: report (Better Bio-fuel)
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| 29 July 2011
| Richard Chirgwin
Posted on 07/28/2011 8:28:21 PM PDT by dayglored
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Q. "What's your car run on?"
A. "Tequila!"
Jokes aside, this could be the answer to the criticism of biofuel manufacture -- that it uses valuable food production land. Agave grows in the flipping DESERT!
Of course, as one for whom a good Tequila is the nectar of the gods, I have to say, "Grow all the agave you wish, for biofuel, but be sure to save enough for the manufacture of potable ROCKET FUEL as well!"
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posted on
07/28/2011 8:28:27 PM PDT
by
dayglored
To: Slings and Arrows
Might not be a ping... just off-beat enough to maybe qualify?
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posted on
07/28/2011 8:29:54 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: dayglored
Imagine the MSDS. Warning, this product has been known to cause women’s clothing to spontaneously fall off.
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posted on
07/28/2011 8:30:55 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: dayglored
Doesn’t Agave take a long time to grow and mature?
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posted on
07/28/2011 8:33:28 PM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: dayglored
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posted on
07/28/2011 8:36:20 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: dayglored
Agave, switchgrass, miscanthus, corn stover, forest and ag waste - virtually all plants, trees, bushes, and other flora contain lignocellulose that can be used to make biofuels without touching the food supply chain. Remember the original reason for bioethanol from corn wasn’t based on a fuel shortage, it was aimed at creating demand and thus higher prices for corn.
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posted on
07/28/2011 8:38:15 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: dayglored
I tried that, but I had such a terrible headache the next day.
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posted on
07/28/2011 8:39:39 PM PDT
by
oyez
(The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)
To: dayglored
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posted on
07/28/2011 8:41:41 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(FreeRepublic.com. Now, More Than Ever.)
To: Grizzled Bear
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posted on
07/28/2011 8:41:44 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: dayglored; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
"...in related news, the entire biofuels industry is jail facing charges of indecent exposure and public drunkeness..."
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posted on
07/28/2011 8:43:38 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
"TE-QUILA!!!"
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posted on
07/28/2011 8:44:00 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: dayglored
Get ready for $50 margaritas at your local watering hole;)
To: Lazlo in PA
>
Doesnt Agave take a long time to grow and mature? Yes, takes a long time to flower, although it varies based on climate, soil, etc. It's called the "Century Plant" for that reason. Luckily it's a perennial, even though each stem flowers and dies after one flowering.
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posted on
07/28/2011 8:48:43 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: bigbob
Just great. How many bobs do we have here? I know about WobblyBob and there may be a WhataboutBob and over in Iraq we left behind BagdadBob. The tequila is getting to me.
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posted on
07/28/2011 8:49:41 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Yes I backed over the vampire but I swear I didn't see him in the rearview mirror.)
To: dayglored
Blue (tequila-making) Agave plant.
For scale, check out the dude standing in the upper left. The spikes are about 4-6 feet long!
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posted on
07/28/2011 8:54:13 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: dayglored
BS, still requires the same amount of money to process and much more. In fertilizer cost. And slow slow slow growth cycle. Waste of money.
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posted on
07/28/2011 8:56:49 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(What does the Republican party stand for////??? absolutely nothing.)
To: dayglored
Who wants to wait for ten years to get the first crop from agave? It would make more sense to process sewage into oil.
Steady stock supply and a well known process.
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posted on
07/28/2011 8:59:04 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: Slings and Arrows
![](http://www.websophist.com/TequillaFloor.gif)
and repeat
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posted on
07/28/2011 9:00:43 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Keep the 'ICk" in Democratic)
To: Lady Jag
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posted on
07/28/2011 9:05:40 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Tequila is liquid magic. It can cause the occurrence of events and actions that no other substance in the world is capable of producing.
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posted on
07/28/2011 9:13:50 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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