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Are all bio fuels the same?
Wheat, corn, sugar cane, soybeans, and Hemp. All of these plants are being studied as possible sources of bio-fuels and energy supplies for America. Yet out of all of these is one more usefull than the others in the production of usefull energy sources?
Yes, Hemp. Hemp is a different "animal" if you will in the jungle of this energy debate. Bio-Energy Hemp is a clean source of energy and the process to create such a program are available today.
The main point I see happening is that the arguements against Bio-Energy are always centered around wheat, corn, and soybeans.
These plants DO cost more to process, and they DO produce less of a useable energy source, and they DO have a high price of production. However they are not Hemp.
The one biggest debate is Biomass. Here is Hemp in this Biomass debate.
For full text CLICK HERE
Biomass
UP to 90 per cent of the fossil fuels we use today could and should be replaced by biomass fuels. Using a process called pyrolisis, plant material can be converted into methanol. In order to produce energy most efficiently from biomass it is necessary to select a plant which grows quickly and easily. Cannabis is such a plant.
Of all suitable biomass species, cannabis is the most prolific: it is a low-moisture content, woody plant which can be grown in virtually all climatic conditions. Hemp is an ideal example of a plant which can be converted into
methane, methanol or petrol at a fraction of the cost of coal, oil or nuclear energy.
Methanol can be refined into gasoline, kerosene-paraffin jet fuel and other fuel-oils, as well as other substances including paints and varnishes. Byproducts of the biomass process can be used in tars, asphalt and charcoal. When all these substances are burned, they produce carbon dioxide and water, and none of the pollutants of petroleum-based fuels.
Hemp seeds are richer in certain properties than other grains, making them perferctly suited to produce oils.
Full article CLICK HERE
Corn, tree pulp and hemp are sources for clean-burning alcohol, methanol and methane gas. These 'biofuels' contain no sulfur, the pollutant that causes acid rain. Growing the fuel also produces oxygen, to balance the oxygen consumed during combustion. Engines stay cleaner and the air remains much cleaner.
Hemp may be the most profitable and productive fuel crop that can be grown in many areas of America. Hemp can produce about 1000 gallons of methanol per acre, four times as much as can be produced from trees. Fuel can be produced locally, reducing transportation costs. The production process, called biomass conversion, is safe and clean. It would create a domestic fuel industry, freeing us from Middle East oil dependency, providing jobs and keeping our currency at home.
Hemp fuel needs no taxpayer subsidies, as oil receives. The Department of Energy estimated that fuel could be produced from hemp for about 36 cents per gallon. In New South Wales, Australia the Minister of Energy told the parliament they should consider burning confiscated hemp to produce electricity. "It burns at extremely high temperature, produces a lot of power and is cheaper (and much cleaner) to burn than coal."
Hemp was the subject of a 1991 conference held in Wisconsin. One speaker pointed out our government spends $26 billion each year to pay farmers not to cultivate their land. Instead of this waste of taxpayer money, farmers could grow hemp or other fuel crops. This could completely end our dependence on foreign oil.
Here are other uses for hemp to help us wean this country off foriegn oil.
For full article CLICK HERE
Michael Klug introduced his firm (Okomarkt, Germany), as the German representative of Chenevotte Habitate, the French manufacturer of ISOCHANVRE products, and discussed potential applications of these materials. Based on petrified shives, they are now increasingly used for the insulation of walls or, mixed with lime, as a substitute for plaster or concrete (see also: JIHA 1(2), p.50).
One particular example of the potential uses of hemp as an energy source, i.e. as a boiler fuel, was discussed by Hans-Bernhard von Buttlar (Gesamthochschule Kassel, Germany). Their cultivation tests indicated that crop combinations of hemp and winter rye can, depending on plant density and rate of fertilization, achieve combined annual dry matter yields of up to 24 tons p.a., equivalent to approximately 10,000 liters of fuel oil. Combustion properties of hemp were considered favorable because of its high ash melting point. The plant's mineral content could be lowered further by wet pressing, reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides and improving ash melting. As for other renewables, large-scale use of hemp as a boiler fuel cannot currently compete economically with fossil fuels, but offers the advantage of a CO2-neutral fuel supply.
The next four talks were devoted to the properties of, and applications for, the other major resource from hemp: seeds and oil.
Roland Theimer (Bergische Universitat, Germany) reported test results for the fatty acid (FA) spectra found in various hemp oils. They confirm that hemp oils contain high proportions of essential poly-unsaturated fatty acids. Theimer found that the major poly-unsaturated FA present in hemp oil, i.e. linoleic, linolenic, and oleic acids, typically account for 55%, 15%, and 10% of the total fatty acid content, respectively. Particularly significant is the high content of linolenic acid which is essential for human nutrition, but under-represented in most vegetable oils and animal fats. In addition, hemp oil also contains smaller percentages of shorter (C14:0) fatty acids which may account for some of its useful properties, e.g. as detergent (see below). Since FA composition was found to vary widely between hemp varieties, hemp breeders should also strive to optimize FA composition depending on specific product requirements.
Hemp should be considered on its unique properties alone, not as just another "plant." America may need to take a good long look at how it is different from the other sources of this energy, then debate the Bio-fuel applications here in America to foriegn oil dependency we now face.
KMS
Wheat, corn, sugar cane, soybeans, and Hemp. All of these plants are being studied as possible sources of bio-fuels and energy supplies for America. Yet out of all of these is one more usefull than the others in the production of usefull energy sources?
Yes, Hemp. Hemp is a different "animal" if you will in the jungle of this energy debate. Bio-Energy Hemp is a clean source of energy and the process to create such a program are available today.
The main point I see happening is that the arguements against Bio-Energy are always centered around wheat, corn, and soybeans.
These plants DO cost more to process, and they DO produce less of a useable energy source, and they DO have a high price of production. However they are not Hemp.
The one biggest debate is Biomass. Here is Hemp in this Biomass debate.
For full text CLICK HERE
Biomass
UP to 90 per cent of the fossil fuels we use today could and should be replaced by biomass fuels. Using a process called pyrolisis, plant material can be converted into methanol. In order to produce energy most efficiently from biomass it is necessary to select a plant which grows quickly and easily. Cannabis is such a plant.
Of all suitable biomass species, cannabis is the most prolific: it is a low-moisture content, woody plant which can be grown in virtually all climatic conditions. Hemp is an ideal example of a plant which can be converted into
methane, methanol or petrol at a fraction of the cost of coal, oil or nuclear energy.
Methanol can be refined into gasoline, kerosene-paraffin jet fuel and other fuel-oils, as well as other substances including paints and varnishes. Byproducts of the biomass process can be used in tars, asphalt and charcoal. When all these substances are burned, they produce carbon dioxide and water, and none of the pollutants of petroleum-based fuels.
Hemp seeds are richer in certain properties than other grains, making them perferctly suited to produce oils.
Full article CLICK HERE
Corn, tree pulp and hemp are sources for clean-burning alcohol, methanol and methane gas. These 'biofuels' contain no sulfur, the pollutant that causes acid rain. Growing the fuel also produces oxygen, to balance the oxygen consumed during combustion. Engines stay cleaner and the air remains much cleaner.
Hemp may be the most profitable and productive fuel crop that can be grown in many areas of America. Hemp can produce about 1000 gallons of methanol per acre, four times as much as can be produced from trees. Fuel can be produced locally, reducing transportation costs. The production process, called biomass conversion, is safe and clean. It would create a domestic fuel industry, freeing us from Middle East oil dependency, providing jobs and keeping our currency at home.
Hemp fuel needs no taxpayer subsidies, as oil receives. The Department of Energy estimated that fuel could be produced from hemp for about 36 cents per gallon. In New South Wales, Australia the Minister of Energy told the parliament they should consider burning confiscated hemp to produce electricity. "It burns at extremely high temperature, produces a lot of power and is cheaper (and much cleaner) to burn than coal."
Hemp was the subject of a 1991 conference held in Wisconsin. One speaker pointed out our government spends $26 billion each year to pay farmers not to cultivate their land. Instead of this waste of taxpayer money, farmers could grow hemp or other fuel crops. This could completely end our dependence on foreign oil.
Here are other uses for hemp to help us wean this country off foriegn oil.
For full article CLICK HERE
Michael Klug introduced his firm (Okomarkt, Germany), as the German representative of Chenevotte Habitate, the French manufacturer of ISOCHANVRE products, and discussed potential applications of these materials. Based on petrified shives, they are now increasingly used for the insulation of walls or, mixed with lime, as a substitute for plaster or concrete (see also: JIHA 1(2), p.50).
One particular example of the potential uses of hemp as an energy source, i.e. as a boiler fuel, was discussed by Hans-Bernhard von Buttlar (Gesamthochschule Kassel, Germany). Their cultivation tests indicated that crop combinations of hemp and winter rye can, depending on plant density and rate of fertilization, achieve combined annual dry matter yields of up to 24 tons p.a., equivalent to approximately 10,000 liters of fuel oil. Combustion properties of hemp were considered favorable because of its high ash melting point. The plant's mineral content could be lowered further by wet pressing, reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides and improving ash melting. As for other renewables, large-scale use of hemp as a boiler fuel cannot currently compete economically with fossil fuels, but offers the advantage of a CO2-neutral fuel supply.
The next four talks were devoted to the properties of, and applications for, the other major resource from hemp: seeds and oil.
Roland Theimer (Bergische Universitat, Germany) reported test results for the fatty acid (FA) spectra found in various hemp oils. They confirm that hemp oils contain high proportions of essential poly-unsaturated fatty acids. Theimer found that the major poly-unsaturated FA present in hemp oil, i.e. linoleic, linolenic, and oleic acids, typically account for 55%, 15%, and 10% of the total fatty acid content, respectively. Particularly significant is the high content of linolenic acid which is essential for human nutrition, but under-represented in most vegetable oils and animal fats. In addition, hemp oil also contains smaller percentages of shorter (C14:0) fatty acids which may account for some of its useful properties, e.g. as detergent (see below). Since FA composition was found to vary widely between hemp varieties, hemp breeders should also strive to optimize FA composition depending on specific product requirements.
Hemp should be considered on its unique properties alone, not as just another "plant." America may need to take a good long look at how it is different from the other sources of this energy, then debate the Bio-fuel applications here in America to foriegn oil dependency we now face.
KMS
