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Smile Re: What plants might be grown, just for bio-fuel?

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More like criminal. Marijuana could provide fuel and fabrics as well as the medicinal uses. The waste growing cotton alone is shameful.
Yes the big agri-businesses here are getting out of cotton and into almonds. (?!) There just isn't enough water on the planet for cotton, but especially here

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I am liking the hybrid poplars too I mentioned earlier; they keep showing up with many uses, including remidiating contaminated ground.

Fighting pollution the poplar way: Trees to clean up Indiana site
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"This site presents the perfect opportunity to prove that poplars can get rid of pollution in the real world," Meilan said.
Fascinating how resilient nature can be to the crap we are giving it. I think the count is well over 60,000 new-to-the-planet, man-made chemicals now
Pumpkins are supposed to be good remedial plants too.
Why don't Yanks eat pumpkin? (not the ones used for 'remediation' )


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