Comments on: Sunflowers: A Fuel of the Future? http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/12/sunflowers-a-fuel-of-the-future/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Fri, 25 May 2012 17:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Laibaniazi http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/12/sunflowers-a-fuel-of-the-future/#comment-114763 Laibaniazi Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:33:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1075#comment-114763 i like to sex i like to sex

]]> By: website design http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/12/sunflowers-a-fuel-of-the-future/#comment-2379 website design Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:21:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1075#comment-2379 Now I'm hungry for sunflower seeds. Now I’m hungry for sunflower seeds.

]]> By: website design http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/12/sunflowers-a-fuel-of-the-future/#comment-19512 website design Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:21:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1075#comment-19512 Now I'm hungry for sunflower seeds. Now I’m hungry for sunflower seeds.

]]> By: Jiff Mason http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/12/sunflowers-a-fuel-of-the-future/#comment-2378 Jiff Mason Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:00:25 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1075#comment-2378 I love sun flowers. I knew there had to be a good use for them other than their seeds. Jiff www.anonymize.us.tc I love sun flowers. I knew there had to be a good use for them other than their seeds.

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]]> By: Jiff Mason http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/12/sunflowers-a-fuel-of-the-future/#comment-19511 Jiff Mason Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1075#comment-19511 I love sun flowers. I knew there had to be a good use for them other than their seeds. Jiff www.anonymize.us.tc I love sun flowers. I knew there had to be a good use for them other than their seeds.

Jiff

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]]> By: JAck Frapp http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/12/sunflowers-a-fuel-of-the-future/#comment-2377 JAck Frapp Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:53:12 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1075#comment-2377 I dunno, all I know is oil prices are DROPPING at record pace yet PUMP PRICES keep going up. Why? Jiff www.anonymize.us.tc I dunno, all I know is oil prices are DROPPING at record pace yet PUMP PRICES keep going up. Why?

Jiff

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]]> By: JAck Frapp http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/12/sunflowers-a-fuel-of-the-future/#comment-19510 JAck Frapp Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:53:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1075#comment-19510 I dunno, all I know is oil prices are DROPPING at record pace yet PUMP PRICES keep going up. Why? Jiff www.anonymize.us.tc I dunno, all I know is oil prices are DROPPING at record pace yet PUMP PRICES keep going up. Why?

Jiff

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]]> By: emi420 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/12/sunflowers-a-fuel-of-the-future/#comment-19508 emi420 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:31:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1075#comment-19508 Sunflowers are for people to eat, but not to make fuel. Berkana, you´re right, the sun maybe is. Sunflowers are for people to eat, but not to make fuel. Berkana, you´re right, the sun maybe is.

]]> By: brutek http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/12/sunflowers-a-fuel-of-the-future/#comment-2376 brutek Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:08:21 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1075#comment-2376 We need to change our economic policy to help farmers in a different way. We need to be growing food, not fuel. Fuel should come from non-land farming. When climate change occurs, we may see a wiping out of our land farming and if the remaining farmers are growing fuel for profit, they may not want to switch to food! In addition, we could be selling food overseas if our economic policy incentivized this activity! Help us, help the world! We need to change our economic policy to help farmers in a different way. We need to be growing food, not fuel. Fuel should come from non-land farming. When climate change occurs, we may see a wiping out of our land farming and if the remaining farmers are growing fuel for profit, they may not want to switch to food! In addition, we could be selling food overseas if our economic policy incentivized this activity! Help us, help the world!

]]> By: brutek http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/12/sunflowers-a-fuel-of-the-future/#comment-19509 brutek Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:08:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1075#comment-19509 We need to change our economic policy to help farmers in a different way. We need to be growing food, not fuel. Fuel should come from non-land farming. When climate change occurs, we may see a wiping out of our land farming and if the remaining farmers are growing fuel for profit, they may not want to switch to food! In addition, we could be selling food overseas if our economic policy incentivized this activity! Help us, help the world! We need to change our economic policy to help farmers in a different way. We need to be growing food, not fuel. Fuel should come from non-land farming. When climate change occurs, we may see a wiping out of our land farming and if the remaining farmers are growing fuel for profit, they may not want to switch to food! In addition, we could be selling food overseas if our economic policy incentivized this activity! Help us, help the world!

]]> By: emi420 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/12/sunflowers-a-fuel-of-the-future/#comment-2375 emi420 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:31:11 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1075#comment-2375 Sunflowers are for people to eat, but not to make fuel. Berkana, you´re right, the sun maybe is. Sunflowers are for people to eat, but not to make fuel. Berkana, you´re right, the sun maybe is.

]]> By: Berkana http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/12/sunflowers-a-fuel-of-the-future/#comment-2374 Berkana Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:03:49 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1075#comment-2374 No, sunflowers aren't the fuel of the future—the sun is. Sunflowers aren't anywhere near as efficient at photosynthesis as miscanthus grass, but miscanthus achieves an efficiency of 1% at converting solar energy into biomass. The nearest competitor to miscanthus is switchgrass: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/miscanthus-field-trials.php Guess how much energy you get out of an acre of regular old 12-15% efficiency solar panels (not even the recent high efficiency ones) compared to an acre of switchgrass? This much: http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1454/70/ No, sunflowers aren’t the fuel of the future—the sun is.

Sunflowers aren’t anywhere near as efficient at photosynthesis as miscanthus grass, but miscanthus achieves an efficiency of 1% at converting solar energy into biomass. The nearest competitor to miscanthus is switchgrass:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/miscanthus-field-trials.php

Guess how much energy you get out of an acre of regular old 12-15% efficiency solar panels (not even the recent high efficiency ones) compared to an acre of switchgrass? This much:

http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1454/70/

]]> By: Berkana http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/12/sunflowers-a-fuel-of-the-future/#comment-19507 Berkana Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:03:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1075#comment-19507 No, sunflowers aren't the fuel of the future—the sun is. Sunflowers aren't anywhere near as efficient at photosynthesis as miscanthus grass, but miscanthus achieves an efficiency of 1% at converting solar energy into biomass. The nearest competitor to miscanthus is switchgrass: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/miscanthus-field-trials.php Guess how much energy you get out of an acre of regular old 12-15% efficiency solar panels (not even the recent high efficiency ones) compared to an acre of switchgrass? This much: http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1454/70/ No, sunflowers aren’t the fuel of the future—the sun is.

Sunflowers aren’t anywhere near as efficient at photosynthesis as miscanthus grass, but miscanthus achieves an efficiency of 1% at converting solar energy into biomass. The nearest competitor to miscanthus is switchgrass:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/miscanthus-field-trials.php

Guess how much energy you get out of an acre of regular old 12-15% efficiency solar panels (not even the recent high efficiency ones) compared to an acre of switchgrass? This much:

http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1454/70/

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