Gorse: don't torch it, Bio-fuel it instead!

Voodoo_rasher · 2011-05-03 08:13:50

the damned foliage burns ferociously due to its oily content; one's got to stand well back from it. In England they are reportedly trialling it as a bio-fuel with favourable outcomes. If it could only be milled/bricquetted , some format. Getting it to Lanesboro , and other stations shouldn't be a problem? Since peat-fired…

03-05-2011 09:13AM

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the damned foliage burns ferociously due to its oily content; one's got to stand well back from it. In England they are reportedly trialling it as a bio-fuel with favourable outcomes. If it could only be milled/bricquetted , some format.

Getting it to Lanesboro , and other stations shouldn't be a problem? Since peat-fired power-stations may become restricted by eu regulation-warp in coming years, we've got to fire them with some viable alternative..

Gorse must have some economic value arising from this?

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Studies last year found that allot of bio-fules are doing more harm then good unfortunately so there may be a clamp down on these as well.:(

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