It grows faster than we could burn it
By Blake FontenayJune 23rd, 2008
At long last, it looks like our country may have found a way to quench its thirst for new sources of energy.
According to a story in Sunday’s newspaper, researchers are studying the possibility of using kudzu as a source of ethanol.
That’s right, kudzu, the weed that’s found in generous quantities throughout the South.
If ever there was a source of renewable energy, kudzu has to be it.
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Kudzu is the plant that grows 12 inches in one day. So, it is really not a surprise that kudzu may save the world.
I nominate kudzu for the Nobel Peace Prize.
I also nominate the bug that secretes crude oil for the Nobel Peace Prize.
“Greg Pal, 33, a former software executive, as he squints into the late afternoon Californian sun. “I mean, this is essentially agriculture”,… the genetic alteration of bugs – very, very small ones – so that when they feed on agricultural waste such as woodchips or wheat straw, they do something extraordinary. They excrete crude oil.”
Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece