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	<title>Comments on: New &#8220;Frankenstein&#8221; Switchgrass is Good News for the Navy, Too</title>
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		<title>By: Bob_Wallace</title>
		<link>http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/11/new-switchgrass-leads-to-cheaper-biofuels-for-navy/#comment-176027</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob_Wallace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2013 14:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;displaces the natural grass&quot; 

&quot;harms the natural order of things&quot;

Panicum virgatum, commonly known as switchgrass, is a perennial warm season bunchgrass native to North America, where it occurs naturally from 55°N latitude in Canada southwards into the United States and Mexico.


 Switchgrass is one of the dominant species of the central North American tallgrass prairie and can be found in remnant prairies, in native grass pastures, and naturalized along roadsides. It is used primarily for soil conservation, forage production, game cover, as an ornamental grass, and more recently as a biomass crop for ethanol and butanol, in phytoremediation projects, fiber, electricity, and heat production and for biosequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Other common names for switchgrass include tall panic grass, Wobsqua grass, blackbent, tall prairiegrass, wild redtop, thatchgrass, and Virginia switchgrass.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;displaces the natural grass&#8221; </p>
<p>&#8220;harms the natural order of things&#8221;</p>
<p>Panicum virgatum, commonly known as switchgrass, is a perennial warm season bunchgrass native to North America, where it occurs naturally from 55°N latitude in Canada southwards into the United States and Mexico.</p>
<p> Switchgrass is one of the dominant species of the central North American tallgrass prairie and can be found in remnant prairies, in native grass pastures, and naturalized along roadsides. It is used primarily for soil conservation, forage production, game cover, as an ornamental grass, and more recently as a biomass crop for ethanol and butanol, in phytoremediation projects, fiber, electricity, and heat production and for biosequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide.</p>
<p>Other common names for switchgrass include tall panic grass, Wobsqua grass, blackbent, tall prairiegrass, wild redtop, thatchgrass, and Virginia switchgrass.</p>
<p>Wiki</p>
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		<title>By: OldSarg</title>
		<link>http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/11/new-switchgrass-leads-to-cheaper-biofuels-for-navy/#comment-176024</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[OldSarg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2013 14:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Switchgrass is an aggressive species that displaces the natural grass in areas it is allowed to grow. Neither wild or domestic animals eat switchgrass unless they are in a starvation state. This invasive grass harms the natural order of things. Bad for the environment simply to supply the government backers with another means of doing &quot;what they think is right&quot; without considering the long term impact on our world.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Switchgrass is an aggressive species that displaces the natural grass in areas it is allowed to grow. Neither wild or domestic animals eat switchgrass unless they are in a starvation state. This invasive grass harms the natural order of things. Bad for the environment simply to supply the government backers with another means of doing &#8220;what they think is right&#8221; without considering the long term impact on our world.</p>
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		<title>By: Biofuels Backed by Secretary of the Navy</title>
		<link>http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/11/new-switchgrass-leads-to-cheaper-biofuels-for-navy/#comment-131997</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Biofuels Backed by Secretary of the Navy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] so, there has still been some resistance to advanced biofuel development in Congress, as documented several times recently on CleanTechnica. Eight new [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] so, there has still been some resistance to advanced biofuel development in Congress, as documented several times recently on CleanTechnica. Eight new [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Bob_Wallace</title>
		<link>http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/11/new-switchgrass-leads-to-cheaper-biofuels-for-navy/#comment-131865</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob_Wallace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Switchgrass is a US native prairie grass that covered vast parts of our country before the arrival of the plow.  It&#039;s evolved to grow without supplemental water and fertilizer.


Switchgrass has a massive root systems, it sequesters carbon.


Switchgrass can grow on burned-out cotton fields and will restore the quality of the soil.  We could use switchgrass for fuel and at the same time bring more land back to food/fiber agricultural use.


Unless someone invents a miracle battery we will need some sort of liquid fuel for flight.  This, to me, looks promising.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Switchgrass is a US native prairie grass that covered vast parts of our country before the arrival of the plow.  It&#8217;s evolved to grow without supplemental water and fertilizer.</p>
<p>Switchgrass has a massive root systems, it sequesters carbon.</p>
<p>Switchgrass can grow on burned-out cotton fields and will restore the quality of the soil.  We could use switchgrass for fuel and at the same time bring more land back to food/fiber agricultural use.</p>
<p>Unless someone invents a miracle battery we will need some sort of liquid fuel for flight.  This, to me, looks promising.</p>
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		<title>By: sola</title>
		<link>http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/11/new-switchgrass-leads-to-cheaper-biofuels-for-navy/#comment-131863</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sola]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#039;t we need fuel to grow, tend, harvest and transport food?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t we need fuel to grow, tend, harvest and transport food?</p>
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		<title>By: sola</title>
		<link>http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/11/new-switchgrass-leads-to-cheaper-biofuels-for-navy/#comment-131862</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sola]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not sure what you are proposing.

Why would CT stop reporting about advancements in the biofuel sector?

Even if you find current biofuels inefficient, this may not be a case if such big improvements are made.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not sure what you are proposing.</p>
<p>Why would CT stop reporting about advancements in the biofuel sector?</p>
<p>Even if you find current biofuels inefficient, this may not be a case if such big improvements are made.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob_Wallace</title>
		<link>http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/11/new-switchgrass-leads-to-cheaper-biofuels-for-navy/#comment-131861</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob_Wallace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unlock your cap key.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unlock your cap key.</p>
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		<title>By: Cliff Claven</title>
		<link>http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/11/new-switchgrass-leads-to-cheaper-biofuels-for-navy/#comment-131835</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cliff Claven]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And it&#039;ll grow without water or fertilizer on land that moon men would find too barren and yield 1,000 gallons of ethanol per acre.  We&#039;ve heard it all before.  When is Clean Technica going to stop being an investment brochure and start  being a site that fosters critical thinking about the future of energy?  Thermodynamics 101 would be a good place to start.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And it&#8217;ll grow without water or fertilizer on land that moon men would find too barren and yield 1,000 gallons of ethanol per acre.  We&#8217;ve heard it all before.  When is Clean Technica going to stop being an investment brochure and start  being a site that fosters critical thinking about the future of energy?  Thermodynamics 101 would be a good place to start.</p>
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		<title>By: MOE</title>
		<link>http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/11/new-switchgrass-leads-to-cheaper-biofuels-for-navy/#comment-131777</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MOE]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GROW FOOD NOT BIO FUEL. DIDN&#039;T YOU HEAR THE LATEST? WE DON&#039;T NEED IT ANYMORE!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>GROW FOOD NOT BIO FUEL. DIDN&#8217;T YOU HEAR THE LATEST? WE DON&#8217;T NEED IT ANYMORE!</p>
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