Is Flax the best Bio-Diesel: Fuel AND Feed, Food?

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I've only heard this side of the story but it seems to make sense--I want your opinion. Watch this video interview from a Canadian current affairs program:

Three needs, one source: Flax Energy CEO Jon Dwyer explains how his company can produce food, feed and fuel from a single energy source, and why the sustainability industry needs a new business model.
Published on: November 26, 2012 | Length: 15:18

We all know flax is much healthier than corn (omega-3) as feed and are aware of the many problems associated with the corn-to-ethanol campaign. But is there a counter-argument here? Is there an even better source of efficient, clean, agriculturally sustainable form of bio-diesel?

Until now I've been vehemently against GM foods (bio-engineering), but here's an area where it could make something like flax, algae, or other plant life competitive with regular diesel when you factor in the economics of large-scale, sustainable agriculture. Actually, small organic farming is now proving more profitable than the large-scale, high-risk, petroleum biproduct-dependent model for a myriad of reasons.

Maybe I'm just dreaming, but if every flat roof top was covered with some sort of small plant life producing bio-diesel photosynthetically, it would....

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Hemp, tobacco? Who's behind such claims?

But if true, then along with other high oil-rich food crops such as sunflower and canola it would be worth a detailed comparison. I'm sure climate and soil considerations will factor into what will or won't grow well in a particular region. The advantage of flax seed is that it contains 40% oil and the remaining pulp provides a superior animal feed.

As the sunflower decay, year after year, they seem to help the land to become less radiated.

Radioactive contamination doesn't decay at the comparative lightning speeds that annual vegetation does. Sounds like communist propaganda to me. Always check your sources.

[Stealth]

Tobacco as fuel

Here is one source, but there are many more. I forgot the name of the company doing this. Tobacco the fuel of the future Also I didn't mean to imply that sunflowers accelerated the radioactive soil to lightning speed, only that it does help to accelerate the decay, to lessen the severity of its effects somewhat. I believe it is the combination of high zinc and the complex proteins that are given off through their decaying processes. Good Luck. stealth

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Thanks for the link. If I can find it, I'll post bio-fuel comparison data here.