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China invests heavily in biofuel technology to minimize food vs. fuel debate

China hosts about one fourth of the world's population but has only a 10 percent of the agricultural surface. This results in a great stress on the country's resources to produce enough of both foods and biofuels to meet the demand. Latest figures about China's interest in biofuels show that the country produces about one million tons of ethanol per year, but expects to produce 12 million in 2020 to reduce oil dependency. The bad part of this is that current ethanol-prodction methods in the country are far from being efficient. Officially, ... Read more →

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