[Terrapreta] new studies on GHG footprint of biofuels darkens the picture

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          from          Lewis L Smith

Ref Gerrit's comments on Napier grass.   

I worked with this material several times a week for three years of my life 
including on one occasion acting as accidental supervisor of a boiler test for 
several hours !   [ I made steam at the required   pressure and didn't blow 
anything up ! ]

Napier grass and miscanthus are separate species, but they share a number of 
agronomic and combustion properties. Both can be managed either for fodder or 
for energy. Both are grown in various places throughout the world.

In the 1980's, Napier grass was popular in the Caribbean and around the Gulf 
of Mexico as cattle fodder.   Miscanthus today is being promoted in Europe as 
a boiler feed .

If anyone wants a paper on the "Decentralized gasification of Napier grass", 
send me an e-mail address.

Cordially. ###


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