Chuck
01-18-2009, 11:55 PM
“I believe that the great Creator has put ores and oil on this Earth to give us a breathing spell…. As we exhaust them, we must be prepared to fall back on our farms, which are God’s true storehouse. We can learn to synthesize materials for every human need from things that grow.” - George Washington Carver (http://www.4car.net/english/press/catalog/5/index.html)
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www.4car.net (http://www.4car.net/) – Feb 20, 2007
Predicted Peak Oil, made biofuels over three generations ago...but the Earth was at two billion then and will be at nine billion in 2050 -- Ed.
Though worlds apart, George Washington Carver and Henry Ford shared a vision of a future in which agricultural products would be put to new uses to create products and industries.
One idea both men worked on more than 60 years ago -- biofuels -- is again in vogue as America seeks to reduce its dependence on foreign oil.
"Henry Ford was ahead of his time on this. He knew he needed fuel for transportation, and if he could develop something that was good for agriculture too, it would be a good match," said Dick Baker, a tech leader at Ford's powertrain, research and advanced engineering department.
"Henry also knew of Carver's work (http://www.stlamerican.com/articles/2008/12/19/news/local_news/localnews01.txt) and said 'that's somebody I need to learn more about,' " said Baker.
That was because Carver, born a slave in Missouri during the Civil War, had become a world-famous botanist by the 1930s, famed for his research into the many uses of peanuts, soybeans and other plants. Over the years, Carver promoted the idea that such plants could be turned into plastics, paint, fuel and other products.... http://www.4car.net/english/press/catalog/5/index.html
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/gw-carver-ford.jpg
www.4car.net (http://www.4car.net/) – Feb 20, 2007
Predicted Peak Oil, made biofuels over three generations ago...but the Earth was at two billion then and will be at nine billion in 2050 -- Ed.
Though worlds apart, George Washington Carver and Henry Ford shared a vision of a future in which agricultural products would be put to new uses to create products and industries.
One idea both men worked on more than 60 years ago -- biofuels -- is again in vogue as America seeks to reduce its dependence on foreign oil.
"Henry Ford was ahead of his time on this. He knew he needed fuel for transportation, and if he could develop something that was good for agriculture too, it would be a good match," said Dick Baker, a tech leader at Ford's powertrain, research and advanced engineering department.
"Henry also knew of Carver's work (http://www.stlamerican.com/articles/2008/12/19/news/local_news/localnews01.txt) and said 'that's somebody I need to learn more about,' " said Baker.
That was because Carver, born a slave in Missouri during the Civil War, had become a world-famous botanist by the 1930s, famed for his research into the many uses of peanuts, soybeans and other plants. Over the years, Carver promoted the idea that such plants could be turned into plastics, paint, fuel and other products.... http://www.4car.net/english/press/catalog/5/index.html