04-27-2008, 01:06 PM
Dr W, I had confirmed they burned before my last post, such an easy google, but I'm not good at cut&paste. Try Haleakala Times, 25 March 2008! It also confirms the outside onslaught against burning in 1973 (when started Ban Burn in Hilo from UH Manoa students)! and steady through 80 till today!
You're right about the niche market, they make twice regular price without further processing for their sugar, and yes they still burn!
Did you notice, this year the UH Hilo was offered some 10 Mil. for a research facility by the Navy! A couple of trained student "leaders" from Manoa campus talked Hilo Kids into rejecting the facility because some secrets would be required!
Food for Fuel! What a shame our counry would starve the whole world so we can have our fuel to friviously travel as we please! Food doesn't pay enough for these big Oil consortiums to come over here and plant high yeild, mabe even Genetic engrd trees for Oil, trees never grown in Hawaii! If they fail, the loss will writeoff as the land is so cheap there, and too poor to be a problem!
Dr W, you're right about hemp, but there is Jatropha Curcas(from australia) , which was grown above Waialua Ag Stn on Oahu, multi harvests per year, weed like growth was studied also! Trying to find more inf from them, UH, is very secretive, it sometimes requires hassles!
My take is until we can get it out of somthing like switchgrass, or Jatropha, forget it or you'll be chastised as an oil baron! And rightfully!
You're right about the niche market, they make twice regular price without further processing for their sugar, and yes they still burn!
Did you notice, this year the UH Hilo was offered some 10 Mil. for a research facility by the Navy! A couple of trained student "leaders" from Manoa campus talked Hilo Kids into rejecting the facility because some secrets would be required!
Food for Fuel! What a shame our counry would starve the whole world so we can have our fuel to friviously travel as we please! Food doesn't pay enough for these big Oil consortiums to come over here and plant high yeild, mabe even Genetic engrd trees for Oil, trees never grown in Hawaii! If they fail, the loss will writeoff as the land is so cheap there, and too poor to be a problem!
Dr W, you're right about hemp, but there is Jatropha Curcas(from australia) , which was grown above Waialua Ag Stn on Oahu, multi harvests per year, weed like growth was studied also! Trying to find more inf from them, UH, is very secretive, it sometimes requires hassles!
My take is until we can get it out of somthing like switchgrass, or Jatropha, forget it or you'll be chastised as an oil baron! And rightfully!
Gordon J Tilley