VIASPACE, Inc. (VSPC) Points the Way to Energy Dedicated Crops
For years, the use of renewable biomass fuels for energy generation focused on the idea of using agricultural waste as the primary feedstock. On the surface it all seemed to make sense. Every year, huge amounts of bio-waste are generated in the growing of various crops, essentially there for the taking. Soon projects generating electricity from corn stover, wheat straw, rice husks, sawdust, and woodbark were being touted as the future of green energy. It wasn’t long, however, before the seriousness of various problems associated with the use of agricultural waste for energy generation became clear. • Agricultural waste prices…