AUG 19

This was interesting article. It's a shame your grammar was so bad that I had to reread parts of it many times.

Hopefully, one day we can figure out how to make biofuel out of asses who needlessly complain about grammar. Talk about an unlimited resource.

Can this be smoked? It's Sativa after all 8)

That would definitely free up our wheat resources... :)

I don't understand why more research isn't put into bio-fuels! This plant sounds amazing if it's everything it seems to be!

Shame we cant waste less on Dictator Bushs stupid global domination efforts and start spending that money wisely!

RE
www.FireMe.To/udi

Hemp
not only does it grow easily, the seeds produce as much as 4x the oil of Soy (which would be more than the above mentioned plant). It produces more fiber per acre than trees, for both paper and rope/cloth.

THis same fiber (if ever a cellulotic ethanol process is perfected) can be used for that too.

Can be grown nearly anywhere (there are still help plants *trying* to grow after being planted (and mowed/tilled) during WWII (1940ish).

Just remember -
-- The original Declaration (and constitution I think) was written on hemp paper.
-- It was ILLEGAL NOT to grow hemp during and for a time after the revolutionary war.
-- Levi's original jeans were hemp cloth
(just a few points)

I second that Fred. It is definitely a great resource for many things from grains, oil, medicine, rope, tapestries, clothes, rugs and sails.

Make compost of all garbage. Yes you have to pull out the organics that rot. At the same time sort out metals, glass, plastic and paper. This can and SHOULD be done now. Make methane. Make ethanol. Then start growing GRASS, no not cannibus, for fermentation to alcohol. Make a law that says no food crops (=corn, wheat, soy, etc.) shall ever be used for fuel. We could convert to ethanol in 5 years, folks!! Just 5 years!!

Hemp is a very good biofuel alternative, and the growing and harvesting of it has been understood and refined for centruries

I agree with Scott B. How lame to correct someone's grammar when it's not the execution but the message which matters. I suck at grammar but I was very much able to read and comprehend this womderful article.Thanks for the info :)
BTW my husband has an old U-Haul truck (diesel) he used bio diesel to run it.

While this plant has some well described advantages over food based biofuel, there is still the problem of it coming from the ground, sucking up land and energy for other crops. Not to mention the biproducts that may come from burning it for fuel. I have yet to come across a better idea than solar power meet the world's ever-increasing energy needs.

I new someone would ask if this could be smoked! no answer to that question but I'd agree that this seems like a viable option for a high-yield bio-fuel crop.

Please do bother to check with other online sources before making assertions.

A simple search on wikipedia yields:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelina_sativa

Which clearly states that this plant has been cultivated for thousands of years as an edible oil crop (as well as fuel for lamps).

Why don't you go smoke it and see for yourself? ;>

Your posts states: ...'and the leftovers after the oil is extracted makes for good livestock feed'.

This is false information and not true. Please read up on seed glucosinolate levels, AAFCO, FDA and the use of camelina meal as a feedstock. While your at it, research who is paying for large corporate studys to get FDA approval for feeding camelina meal to stock animals.

The glucosinolate levels in the meal is what prevented this plant from gaining traction in Europe some time ago.

I think there is one other thing. I recently discovered how much water it takes to produce ethanol, anywhere between 21-100 gallons per gallon.
That's pretty scary if you ask me. So find out how much water it takes to produce the end product. None of this is going to matter if we don't have water.

I have been researching possible feedstocks for BioDiesel production for several months, and Camelina is proving to be the most attractive non-food feedstock that will be commercially viable in Northern Latitudes. As for the Glucosinolate levels in the potential animal feed; the highest levels come in at 50 mg/gram of feed. The breakeven production costs for growing Camelina is $1.56/bushel when you use 1500#/acre as a yield. The complaint about valuable land use for non-food crops is answered by current market conditions. In the East, the subsidies for growing Tobacco are starting to dry up, and Tobacco Farmers are nervous about finding a substitute cash crop. Camelina could easily fill that gap without affecting valuable food farm land. One other point about the advantages of Camelina; it takes far less water to grow Camelina than it does Soybeans (or for that mater, Tobacco; not to mention, fertilizer and pesticides).
One last point, Hemp also has a lot of advantages as a feedstock and could be a viable candidate. The reason no one is willing to consider Hemp is the potential misuse that is sure to arise. Getting the Government to believe that the Human Race stopped being greedy overnight is not going to happen.