The mid-section of Texas is covered with dense mesquite — the small spiny trees or shrubs — are not only plants for bees and forage for cattle. It is also capable of providing fuel to about 400 small ethanol plants, a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher said.
Based on the harvest and use of rangeland woody plants, an ethanol producing industry can easily bank on mesquite and red berry juniper as a natural energy source.
The dense mesquite-covered mid-section of Texas could provide fuel for about 400 small ethanol plants, according to one Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher.
Determining the feasibility of developing a bio-energy industry in rural West Central Texas, Dr. Jim Ansley, Experiment Station rangeland researcher at Vernon, plans to build as many as 400 refineries around the state based on mesquite wood!
But, once the producing starts in mass scale, it will surely render the environment barren or disturb the ecosystem as a whole! Such factors need to be taken into consideration.
Via: Science Daily
