woodstock Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:05:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Giant Reed as Biofuel Source: Miracle or Disaster? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/giant-reed-as-biofuel-source-miracle-or-disaster-20121125/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/giant-reed-as-biofuel-source-miracle-or-disaster-20121125/#respond Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:05:33 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28758 The renewable fuels industry sees the giant reed (Arundo donax) as a miracle biofuel plant due to its fast-growing and drought-resistant features that it easily thrives in poor soil, rendering it as a low-maintenance renewable energy source. On the other hand, environmentalists and scientists deem the giant reed as yet another disaster like other invasive […]

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