I started going to school in Lakeland last August, and ever since then, it seems that every news story about the city is a negative one. In fact, Sheriff Grady Judd is in the news more than Britney Spears and Angelina Jolie combined! This morning, however, there was a great piece on Bay News 9! This awesome north Lakeland guy, Giok Se Tjiong, crossed elephant grass and sugar cane, and now wants to try to produce ethanol from the plant. According to him, one acre of these plants can produce 1,300 gallons of gas. The government has allowed him to begin distilling some ethanol for experimentation.
A retired minister cross-breeding plants. Doesn't that remind you of someone?
I don't really know much about ethanol. Isn't there a big controversy about it? I know some people are saying that using corn to produce ethanol takes away from food supply, but isn't the agricultural process detrimental to the environment as well? I mean, this elephant sugar cane grass could solve the corn problem, but what is it's environmental impact? I think we all know what happens when people start introducing species without thinking about the consequences ;)
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