tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post7632672484457523869..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Here come the "superweeds"Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-74713104315745680392021-08-20T07:46:11.446-05:002021-08-20T07:46:11.446-05:00On the subject of Weeds Gone Wild: https://www.you...On the subject of Weeds Gone Wild: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5NxuEoXHn8 is a brilliant vid about the problems with Giant Hogweed in RussiaUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10449578637508446591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-78118288775472926852021-08-20T03:55:27.062-05:002021-08-20T03:55:27.062-05:00https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article...https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/130812-amaranth-oaxaca-mexico-obesity-puente-foodGelvan Tullibole 3rdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09014788762267613635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-44599881738000089002021-08-19T23:18:07.397-05:002021-08-19T23:18:07.397-05:00Perhaps just grow immense quantities of the pigwee...Perhaps just grow immense quantities of the pigweed, let it soak up all the CO2 from the air to build plant fiber, then dig a big hole and bury the plants to sequester the carbon. Making coal, instead of burning itMinnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-52348104568219583872021-08-19T21:13:58.896-05:002021-08-19T21:13:58.896-05:00I wonder if it is remotely feasible that such a pl...I wonder if it is remotely feasible that such a plant could be used for food or some commercially viable enterprise? I know that kudzu did quite a bit of damage in the South, choking out trees and the such.<br /><br />It might be that it could be useful as bio-fuel--especially with it growing so fast. <br /> If nothing else, it MAY be that Palmer amaranth might serve as a ground cover to slow erosion...or perhaps to "tame" deserts.<br /><br />For that matter, it may be that it could be "harvested" and used for wood-burning stoves or furnaces. AaronShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263323475384069306noreply@blogger.com