Biofuel

[Gary_C]

The other thing that makes this report unreliable in these years is much of the numbers comes from the acres planted as reported by farmers when they sign up. However this year, planted and harvested acres will be two different numbers and it's just a wild guess at this point what the difference will be.

[SwampDonkey]

Now, if we could just control the weather eh? ;D

[StorminN]

Biodiesel news from here in the Northwest:

Imperium loses biodiesel contract

-Norm.

[robdunn]

how about inmates on treadmills to produce energy?
same problem with just about all energy innovations; you can't produce more energy than the energy used to produce it.  If you could it would be like perpetual motion.
IDEA:
Recapture the water that goes through (example) hoover dam, and use it over and over and over again further down stream. as it exits the turbines, it can enter another turbine and etc, etc.

[Radar67]

Put the inmates on bikes with the rear wheels belted to 12 volt car alternators. They can peddle in the day to produce the stored battery power to run their lights at night. If they have enough peddlers, they can supply the local area.  ;)

[robdunn]

kind of what I was thinking, but the energy intake would exceed the output.

[Fla._Deadheader]

 What's the energy input for them to lift weights and play basketball ???  What energy output does that create ???  NADA  : :

  POW's worked, building bridges, roads, and other projects, done on rations of rice, not steak, potatoes, and such ???  : :