Was: Methanol from Trees You are correct, Shashi. This discussion began when I mentioned utilizing forest slash that is left to rot in huge piles that don't easily or naturally degrade due to the nature of the thinning. My friends on a Washington State reservation mentioned that their slash is often piled ten stories high. Well, that can be made into fuel and I prefer fuel ethanol over methanol. One of the "haulers" said that now the thinning people are sometimes spraying mulch made from the slash on the forest floor and this can be good if the thickness is not ridiculous. He mentioned that the new "pad" of mulch is sometimes twelve or more inches thick. Now that may be a bit too unnatural. Luckily, we will be working with seasoned forest service employees who have both a background, an education, and a desire to proceed prudently. Furthermore, please recall that a neighbor made one gallon of fuel ethanol from five cactus leaf pads. To me this is extraordinary! The waste lands can be productive. You do not need to kill the cactus to harvest the leaves. Pruning is a potential harvesting technique. There are many fast growing plants that are ideal for fuels. Cattail rhizomes are one of the most dynamic. 1000 gallons of ethanol per acre is phenomenal and that's what my associate's university research documented.
Your cheer-leader for fuel ethanol Peggy Subject: [Biofuel] Methanol From Trees Dear Friends, Why should we disturb the forest for the production of Methanol? Why cant we use the millions of acres of wasteland lying vacant ?I think we can grow millions of hardy and usefully trees like Pongamia,Neem,Tamrind and bushes like Jatropha,we should avoid monoculture. In South India I have seen these trees and bushes growing even in places where the rainfall is below 400mm this will be a better thing to produce methanol Regards, Shashi Kumar. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/