Posts Tagged ‘cellulose’

  • What will be the most likely fuel to replace gasoline?

    Today, ethanol is a fuel additive used to replace or decrease the need for fossil fuels in trucks, automobiles and other engines. Most of this ethanol comes from the sugars within corn kernels, but the search for other sources of sugar is under way.
    “The likely candidate? Ethanol made from sugars in cellulose, or ‘grassoline,’ as [...]


    Thursday, July 31st, 2008
  • Alternative Energy: A Natural Solution?

    Want to make alternative fuel? Need to get electricity directly from organic slop? Bacteria may have the perfect answer.


    Thursday, June 1st, 2006


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