Does the use of Cannabis species for the production of biodiesel and ethanol,
result in higher yields of ethanol than competing cellulotic crops, including Zea mays?
By
Kimball Christensen and Andrew Smith
Undergraduate Students of the
University of...
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Does the use of Cannabis species for the production of biodiesel and ethanol,
result in higher yields of ethanol than competing cellulotic crops, including Zea mays?
By
Kimball Christensen and Andrew Smith
Undergraduate Students of the
University of Washington
Department of Biology
2008
The Case for Hemp as a Biofuel
With the worldwide increase in demand for oil, concern over the environmental impact of the use of
fossil fuels, concern over increasing fuel prices and uncontrolled profit margins by just a few select
corporate entities, alternatives to dependence on Arabian oil supplies are actively being sought.
For
stationary heavy demand energy needs, nuclear, solar, wind and hydroelectric energy options are
increasing daily.
An alternative to petroleum for mobile energy demands has not yet been
effectively met.
Hydrogen and biofuel alternatives continue to be explored by many researchers.
In most of the world the male-sexed plant, Cannabis sativa is grown as a source of biomass w
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