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Cellulosic ethanol: Fuel of the future?

In his 2007 State of the Union address, President Bush outlined his plan to reduce the nation's dependency on foreign oil by requiring the production of 35 billion gallons a year of renewable and alternative fuels by 2017. One way to reach this goal is offered by Chris Somerville, professor of biological sciences at Stanford University and director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology, who advocates increasing the production of cellulosic ethanol.

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   03-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
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9. Food for Thought: Ethanol Juggernaut Diverts Corn from Food to Fuel
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