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Cleveland, Tennessee Based Kudzu Ethanol Preparing For Production
WDEF ^ | Jul 7, 2008 | Joe Legge

Posted on 07/12/2008 6:39:49 AM PDT by decimon

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To: Glenn
Kudzu. God’s own curse on the south.

I agree it's nearly impossible to control however, you know what they say, when life hands you a lemon make lemonade

There is research going on regarding it's possible cancer fighting properties and other health benefits.

Also you can eat it kudzurecipes.html
41 posted on 07/12/2008 8:49:54 AM PDT by Proverbs 3-5
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To: decimon

Kudzu, a gift that keeps on giving !


42 posted on 07/12/2008 9:10:42 AM PDT by CORedneck
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To: CORedneck
Kudzu, a gift that keeps on giving !

Gaia's herpes.

43 posted on 07/12/2008 9:13:14 AM PDT by decimon
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To: Glenn

Why so? Seriously, why do you think so?


44 posted on 07/12/2008 9:26:49 AM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: decimon
How long will it take to be commercial? We have been cursed by Kudzu for years with no relief. TG I live in Texas with no K.
How is it harvested? Do we train Monkeys to pull it down from the trees? Driving through the South, it seems to be an inexhaustible supply But replace Oil? Maybe Jed Clampett should have shot at the Kudzu.
barbra ann
45 posted on 07/12/2008 9:45:08 AM PDT by barb-tex ( A prudent man (more so for a woman) foreseeth the evil and hideth him self)
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To: Will88

Kudzu leaves are also very tasty, and can replace spinach in your daily salad.


46 posted on 07/12/2008 9:52:23 AM PDT by WilliamReading
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To: count-your-change
Seriously, why do you think so?

You can't be omnipotent and shirk the responsibility. Seriously.

47 posted on 07/12/2008 10:17:49 AM PDT by Glenn (Free Venezuela!)
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To: Glenn
Omnipotence means God should intervene and prevent those ignore His rules from getting AIDS?
Or prevent storm damage when someone chooses to build where violent weather is common?
Who is shirking responsibility?
Even with an omnipotent God we can have our own views.
48 posted on 07/12/2008 10:39:28 AM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: barb-tex
Driving through the South, it seems to be an inexhaustible supply But replace Oil?

It wouldn't have to replace oil to make me happy. Just enough to reduce the demand for oil would be nice.

49 posted on 07/12/2008 10:40:10 AM PDT by decimon
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To: count-your-change
Omnipotence means God should intervene and prevent those ignore His rules from getting AIDS?

Does that hold for the innocents as well?

My theory is this:

God set it up and is watching it play out in a most disinterested fashion. The big question is, Will we survive the game?

If this one doesn't work out, he can always release version 2.0.

50 posted on 07/12/2008 10:43:50 AM PDT by Glenn (Free Venezuela!)
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To: Glenn

“Does that hold for the innocents as well?”
To the degree that offense is once removed. Yes. I seem to recall blood products contaminated with HIV being sent to Canada that originated in Arkansas’ prison system. The criminal indifference of those responsible, not God, harmed the innocent.


51 posted on 07/12/2008 11:49:29 AM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: count-your-change
harmed the innocent

I'm talking about the children of the infected. Do you think God gets a pass on that?

52 posted on 07/12/2008 11:52:53 AM PDT by Glenn (Free Venezuela!)
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To: decimon

“If kudzuhol is viable then there’s no need to choose between it and oil”

You’d be choosing between corn,soybeans and kudzu.Ethanol is a loser no matter what you make it from. If it weren’t for your tax dollars the only thing it would be used for is whiskey


53 posted on 07/12/2008 11:59:58 AM PDT by Figment ("A communist is someone who reads Marx.An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx" R Reagan)
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“do plants grow like this because of the radiation????”

That's hilarious. I've wondered what kudzu would look like in the redwood forests of California. Can you imagine that stuff on a 300 foot tree?

54 posted on 07/12/2008 12:04:05 PM PDT by Figment ("A communist is someone who reads Marx.An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx" R Reagan)
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To: decimon

Kudzu will require no fertilizer or energy to plant. Harvesting may be more of a challenge.


55 posted on 07/12/2008 12:08:21 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: Glenn

You mean if I do wrong God should intervene and prevent any harm coming to my children?


56 posted on 07/12/2008 12:09:11 PM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: count-your-change
You mean if I do wrong God should intervene and prevent any harm coming to my children?

Yes.

57 posted on 07/12/2008 12:12:31 PM PDT by Glenn (Free Venezuela!)
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To: BluH2o

“Kudzu can be beneficial in preventing erosion”

Kudzu isn’t worth a damn at preventing erosion. The ground under it dissolves and it grows ever stronger. One story is that it was imported for anti erosion purposes, if that’s the case it was a failure


58 posted on 07/12/2008 12:13:34 PM PDT by Figment ("A communist is someone who reads Marx.An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx" R Reagan)
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To: TenthAmendmentChampion; snuffy smiff; slow5poh; EdReform; TheZMan; Texas Mulerider; Oorang; ...
Dixie Ping

Southern ingenuity: finally a solution for kudzu

59 posted on 07/12/2008 12:16:16 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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Chattanooga using goats to fight kudzu

Sunday, August 20, 2006 10:22:16 AM · by SmithL · 31 replies · 951+ views
AP ^ | 8/20/6
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Chattanooga city officials say they plan to use a herd of goats as a more environmentally friendly way of curbing the invasive weed kudzu. Maurice Beavers, who owns a goat farm in Lakesite, will provide the city with 30 to 50 goats for about $1,800 a month to eat the kudzu starting in September, said Public Works Deputy Administrator Lee Norris. "Goats like kudzu. The only way you can kill kudzu is eat it back to where the root comes from," said Norris, adding that the goats are an environmentally friendly way to deal with the...


60 posted on 07/12/2008 12:20:57 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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