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Posted Tue Sep 9 2008: from Daily Herald:
Prof steers away from corn for biodiesel http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1220976021
When it comes to alternative fuels, a University of Northern Colorado professor says weeds and algae should be in our gas tanks, not corn... asu is attempting to clone genes from a tropical tree that possesses a compound known as oleoresin, with properties similar to diesel fuel. He hopes to recultivate them into nonfood plants or algae for biofuel production.
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