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Makin' ethanol from the old poplar tree

Technically, as many of our readers know, you can make ethanol out of any plant material. But some plants (and part of plants) are easier to convert to the biofuel than others. Researchers at Purdue University think that the fast-growing poplar tree (it's harvestable in seven years, they say) could easily make good ethanol. The research team got a $1.4 million grant from the Department of Energy to study using genetic tools to design poplars that "can readily and inexpensively yield the substances needed to produce ethanol", according to ... Read more →

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