That is something that I never figured out, how do they get oil from something that to my way of thinking is basicly oilless (corn)?
Greg H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Harris" <> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 03:19 Subject: Re: oilseed content - was Re: [biofuel] rapeseed seeds > Yes I recon you are interpreting it correctly. > Corn 129 Pounds of oil per acre = 18 gallons BioD > Palm Oil 4465Pounds oil per acre = 635 gallons BioD > On a biodiesel basis alone you could never justify growing corn - however if > you are throwing the oil away as an unwanted byproduct when you husk the > corn kernal then the picture changes. also of course an acre of corn grown > on cheep broard acre farming country against a couple of palm trees on > dearer wetter country also has to be considered. > regards > JohnH ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
