Sweet Deal:Economical Biodiesel


	Sweet Deal:Economical Biodiesel

merrie

4-27-2008 5:22 AM

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diesel fuel, biotech company, brazilian sugarcane, university of ca.berkeley

merrie says:

Chop up sugarcane. Feed it to bacteria. Produce diesel fuel.

Bacteria will begin pooping out Mack-truck grade diesel fuel in test amounts next year and in commercial amounts in 2010 under a new joint venture announced today between a Northern California biotech company and a Brazilian sugarcane processor.

Unlike ethanol, which draws the bulk of alternative biofuel attention, the bacterial fuel can be distributed through existing infrastructure, according to Amyris.

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