What is a Grass Station?
“Grass station” is a term which is meant to describe a hypothetical location which provides fuels made from biomass. The term was popularized in 2007, when it became the Webster’s Dictionary word of the year; the editors of the dictionary claimed that they chose the word because they found it an interesting example of the ways in which English can be repurposed. The term is obviously a pun on “gas station,” a fueling station which provides conventional fuels derived from petrochemicals. The “grass” in grass station can be any sort of biomass, but many people think specifically of switch grass, which entered the public consciousness in 2006 during a State of the Union Address by American President George Bush. Bush referred to switch grass as a potential source of cheap, renewable alternative fuel which could be used to reduce American dependence on foreign oil. Residents of the American Midwest were already quite familiar with the plant, which is used as a source of livestock fodder si
†Grass station†is a term which is meant to describe a hypothetical location which provides fuels made from biomass. The term was popularized in 2007, when it became the Webster’s Dictionary word of the year; the editors of the dictionary claimed that they chose the word because they found it an interesting example of the ways in which English can be repurposed. The term is obviously a pun on “gas station,†a fueling station which provides conventional fuels derived from petrochemicals. The “grass†in grass station can be any sort of biomass, but many people think specifically of switch grass, which entered the public consciousness in 2006 during a State of the Union Address by American President George Bush. Bush referred to switch grass as a potential source of cheap, renewable alternative fuel which could be used to reduce American dependence on foreign oil. Residents of the American Midwest were already quite familiar with the plant, which is used as a source of livestock
