Thrilling News – Except For
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
There is so much desire to convince us that alternative fuels would be a wonderful thing, saving the planet from the invented crisis of global warming, while still making it possible to feed a hungry world. In and of itself there’s not a problem in coming up with a viable alternative source for our gas tank…there’s nothing wrong with finding a viable alternative energy source which reduces carbon emissions…and there’s nothing wrong with developing a viable alternative energy source which doesn’t give even the slightest indication that it might be taking real food out of people’s mouths. There’s probably also nothing wrong with promoting the outstanding qualities of switchgrass.
In the same way that the ruling regime has determined that $250,000 per year is the watershed for determining who ought to be taxed to the utmost – switchgrass has been established as the magical crop that will cure all energy ails. The matter has been further established to be a factual certainty as heralded in the headlines of this account – “CSU Study: Biofuel grasses should replace corn as method of producing ethanol”
Probably every agricultural producer on the planet should now be considering the merits of switching their current agricultural production to switchgrass (not an original idea of mine, since I’ve been hearing lots of non-farmers proposing this as a great idea for quite awhile. It would not only help the energy situation – allegedly, switchgrass requires less water than any other crop ever planted).
As you can read for yourself in the Colorado State University news story – “raising biofuel crops on previoiusly cultivated land will result in ‘massive reductions’ in greenhouse gas from agricultural systems.”
How much better could Utopia become?!
As a passing, nearly throw away aside…nearly the last line of the breaking news item…
Then again, as we know from the plans of the Environmental Protection Agency and the agenda of the global warming zealots – with enough regulation and forced infusion of government “help” the costs associated with the energy we now have can be driven to levels which would make switchgrass become more economical by comparison.
Central planning can be a great way to proceed in making the world a better place to live…all you have to do is decide that switchgrass should be the replacement and you don’t have to worry for long about the intended outcome being implemented – whether it’s possible…or not.
There is so much desire to convince us that alternative fuels would be a wonderful thing, saving the planet from the invented crisis of global warming, while still making it possible to feed a hungry world. In and of itself there’s not a problem in coming up with a viable alternative source for our gas tank…there’s nothing wrong with finding a viable alternative energy source which reduces carbon emissions…and there’s nothing wrong with developing a viable alternative energy source which doesn’t give even the slightest indication that it might be taking real food out of people’s mouths. There’s probably also nothing wrong with promoting the outstanding qualities of switchgrass.
In the same way that the ruling regime has determined that $250,000 per year is the watershed for determining who ought to be taxed to the utmost – switchgrass has been established as the magical crop that will cure all energy ails. The matter has been further established to be a factual certainty as heralded in the headlines of this account – “CSU Study: Biofuel grasses should replace corn as method of producing ethanol”
Probably every agricultural producer on the planet should now be considering the merits of switching their current agricultural production to switchgrass (not an original idea of mine, since I’ve been hearing lots of non-farmers proposing this as a great idea for quite awhile. It would not only help the energy situation – allegedly, switchgrass requires less water than any other crop ever planted).
As you can read for yourself in the Colorado State University news story – “raising biofuel crops on previoiusly cultivated land will result in ‘massive reductions’ in greenhouse gas from agricultural systems.”
How much better could Utopia become?!
As a passing, nearly throw away aside…nearly the last line of the breaking news item…
“The study conceded that there are currently a lack of economically viable techniques of producing ethanol from the biofuel crops.”So other than the problems of it not working – this conversion to switchgrass “should” be the way to go.
Then again, as we know from the plans of the Environmental Protection Agency and the agenda of the global warming zealots – with enough regulation and forced infusion of government “help” the costs associated with the energy we now have can be driven to levels which would make switchgrass become more economical by comparison.
Central planning can be a great way to proceed in making the world a better place to live…all you have to do is decide that switchgrass should be the replacement and you don’t have to worry for long about the intended outcome being implemented – whether it’s possible…or not.
Posted by Doug Busselman at 7/13/2011 12:29 PM 
Categories: Alternative Energy
Tags: Alternative Crops Alternative Energy Agricultural Research
Categories: Alternative Energy
Tags: Alternative Crops Alternative Energy Agricultural Research
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