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Trees in Your Tank? The Future of Green Gasoline
popularmechanics.com — A new method of refining hydrocarbons stands out as likely the first direct conversion from cellulose, opening up as potential fuel sources virtually anything that grows. Commercialization may take another five to 10 years, but it could mean $1/gallon gas.
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- jflowers45, on 04/22/2008, -1/+2Is that a tree in your tank or are you just happy to see me?
- mattnyc99, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2Take that, ethanol!
- usafdave, on 04/23/2008, -0/+1At last a realistic solution to non-renewable fossil fuels... I've had my eye on this type of tech since I read about thermal depolymerization years and years ago... doesn't sound like exactly the same thing, but hell, I'll take it.
http://www.thermaldepolymerization.org/ - TEHxINTERWEBS, on 04/23/2008, -0/+1Lets put our food supply in our gas tanks! Take that poor people who can't afford food!
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