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Figuring Out Bio-Fuel
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 President Bush is touting alternative energy this week in an effort to help ease America’s dependence on foreign oil. We’ll look at what New England states are doing to promote alternative sources of fuel, including using grass pellets in Vermont and a public service project in New Hampshire that will replace a major coal-burning plant with a new cleaner and greener one. Laura's guest is Eric Kingsley, Vice-President for Research and Government Affairs at Innovative Natural Resource Solutions in Portland, Maine. Eric formerly served as Executive Director of the New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association for five years. We'll also hear from Steve Walker, President, Founder and CEO of New England Wood Pellet, Martin Murray, Media Representative for PSNH and the Northern Wood Power Project, and Jock Gill, President of the Grass Energy Collaborative, an organization based in Vermont that is committed to developing grass energy as a renewable biofuel.
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There's a Rhymes on rt106 (loudon road) off of 393 that sells B20 at the pump right now. They've been around for a while but not many people know about it. Would be nice if they put a big sign up! They are only about 9 miles away from your station! Hope you get this and get the word out!
thanks much!
-aaron
As we move further into the new energy frontier, here is a list of 6 key developments we can expect:
1] We will shift from a few, inefficient, centralized power plants to millions of small, 90% efficient, decentralized mirco-CHP internet appliances;
2] The electrical grid changes from power supply to back battery;
3] Our economy will change from fossil fuels to renewable biofuels, such as Grass Energy;
4] Citizens will change from passive consumers of power to active producers, sellers and buyers of power produced in their basements;
5] We will stop exporting energy dollars and will keep our energy dollars in America to build and strengthen our local communities and economies;
6] A few jobs created in a few states building centralized plants will become many jobs, in all states, building, installing, servicing, fueling 50 million micro-CHP units [50% of US residential housing stock]
For copies of our 41 page Grass Energy working paper, please go to:
www.jockgill.com
The Grass Energy Collaborative
Grass is Greener
Very disappointed...with one aspect of this show. The caller who wanted to speak about the involvement of hemp in the discussion was completely blown off. Not even given the recognition that he was heard. Is there something Laura or the program was trying to conceal or something?
Though I cannot speak for the caller, nor am I an expert in the area, I do know that the production of hemp is much more energy efficient than most crops. It takes up less land space and less water to grow than most crops. These are two very important aspects of anything biofuel. The plant is generally more hardy, as well.
There is research happening in Canada (and a small public clothing company) that involves development of enzymes that will help in breaking down the fibers (which are incredibly strong), making the usage of hemp even more realistic.
Just very surprising how the caller was silenced. It sounded too overt to not respond to. Otherwise, an enjoyable show.