WEEDS FOR FUEL? YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!
No, I am not kidding you. There’s a weed (well known in other parts of the world) that some day may solve all our fuel problems. One way or the other, we in the civilized world have simply got to get off oil for fuel, and among the many solutions out there is a little-known grass called Miscanthus x giganteus. You can just call it “miscanthus” if you want to, but it has been around on this earth for a very long time.
Back in the colonial days when our forefathers were first forming this country of ours, miscanthus was used as a flower around the colonial homes. It was hardy. It had a lovely bloom. It withstood harsh winters and I daresay, some ancestors of these colonial miscanthus can still be found near or around some of those lovely old colonial homes which are standing today and have been preserved as National Monuments.
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