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Fill 'er up with fruit juice: fructose-derived biofuel better than ethanol

You can make ethanol out of just about any plant-based material (some, of course, is much easier to convert than others). But why not try to make 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) instead of ethanol? It doesn't roll off the tongue as simply, but it does contain more energy - 40 percent more - than ethanol. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have a paper in the article in today's Nature about making the higher-energy liquid-transportation fuel from, basically, fruit juice. The two-stage process is the work of chemical and biological ... Read more →

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