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To: OXENinFLA

Guess we'll have to google "switchgrass".

I'm Rte66 and I'm an Oil Addict!!


2,989 posted on 01/31/2006 6:50:05 PM PST by Rte66
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To: Rte66
Switchgrass has several other environmental benefits. If it is used to produce energy, it will reduce the risk of global warming by replacing fossil fuels (coal, natural gas and oil). When fossil fuels are burnt, carbon is removed from below ground (gas and oil wells and coal mines) and release into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide (CO2). This is a greenhouse gas that increases the risk of global warming. In contrast, switchgrass (like all other plants) removes CO2 from the atmosphere and incorporates it into plant tissue, both above and below the ground.

Swithch Grass

3,181 posted on 01/31/2006 6:55:48 PM PST by ThreePuttinDude ()......Politically incorrect by Intelligent Design........()
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