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Old 07-31-2012, 01:15 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ecomodded View Post
There has to be a better idea then growing hybrid corn for energy.
You get more ethanol per lb of cattails than you do per lb of corn.
If we made our sewer systems into hybrid swamp systems, you could use our poop to fertilize the cattails needed to make ethanol. You would also be filtering sewage naturally.
They are already doing this in India.
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