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A Viable Biofuel?

natural rah writes "A laboratory in India has developed a process for making diesel fuel from an inedible plant which grows in barren wastelands. Although biofuels are mass produced and used in USA and EU, they have been traditionally derived from edible oils like soy bean and rapeseed. Using edible oils to make fuels is evidently not an option in a country like India. This fuel is "carbon neutral" (at least theoretically), has potential to make good use of barren wastelands, is clean and sustainable. Read more here -- could you have a SUV and not put excess carbon into the air?"

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  1. Comparison to hemp by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 1, Troll

    How much hemp oil biodiesel compared to other crops can you get out of the same crappy ground. Maybe we should take a realistic look at hemp oil, if we get more of the finished product out of an otherwise unproductive soil.

    And besides, you can also smoke it. I think that's a GOOD thing.

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