Ed Beggs writes: >A weed, you say? Something very hardy? > >Ironically, agribusiness itself may have supplied the answer for this one. > >GM Canola is now appearing as a weed. It is resistant to certain herbicides >(it was designed that way, after all), it is now known to be capable of >having "gene stacking" occur, and being a brassica in origin in the first >place, does quite well out there in the world on its own. > >Given a few more years, you'll likely be able to gather your oilseed fuel >from the very roadside ditches you travel past...... >
I love it! Actually, I've been poking around awhile now, and the Brassica family is a great candidate for my "ideal oilseed weed". For sheer availability, you probably can't beat wild mustard -- 30% oil by weight! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/DlIU9C/4m7CAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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/
