Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Green Gasoline

Researchers at UMass Amherst recently published a new method of refining hydrocarbons from cellulose, paving the way to turn wood scraps into gasoline, diesel fuel, Tupperware—anything, essentially, that’s normally refined from petroleum.


Gasoline from cellulose at $1.00 per gallon sounds like a Saudi nightmare.

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