biofuel
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Microbes May Hold the Secret to Creating More Powerful Rocket Fuel
A popular rocket fuel called RP-1 gets its name from its key ingredient: refined petroleum. Research published last week in the journal Joule suggests a potentially cleaner and more powerful ingredient: a molecule produced by the Streptomyces bacteria. The proposed fuel won’t be ready any time soon, but the new research points to this intriguing…
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We Are One Step Closer To Large-Scale Algae-Based Biofuel
Making biofuel from algae has just got a little bit easier, as a newly engineered strain produces twice as much oil as its wild parent, according to Californian researchers. Previous attempts to get this type of algae to make more oil crippled its growth, which isn’t an issue with this new strain. Without the growth…
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Fancy Pizza Is Wrecking The Environment
Residents of Sao Paolo, Brazil, should be proud that their megacity is the only one that uses biofuel for cars. Or maybe not, considering that a lot of this environmental good is undone because everyone loves pizza too much.
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Cutting Emissions Through Biofuels Will Lead To Water Shortages
Climate change mitigation could actually increase water shortage in some areas rather than reduce it, according to new research. The source of the problem is clear: greater demand for biofuels, intended to reduce emissions from fossil fuels, requires massive increases in irrigation in productive but relatively arid American farmland.