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Ford's bio-foam and bio-plastics: Plants aren't just for fuel anymore

There's been plenty of discussion of using biofuels to replace petroleum-based fuels in motor vehicles for the past few years. But fuels are hardly the only thing that we use petroleum for. All those plastic bags and blister packs and toys are made from petroleum. So are all the foams in seat cushions and other applications. Modern vehicles contain 30-40 lbs of foam each. For the 2.9 million vehicles that Ford builds annually thats about 90 million pounds of foam and a lot of oil to produce it. Then there is all the plastic trim, panels, ... Read more →

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