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Re: What plants might be grown, just for bio-fuel?

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Marine algae get the green light from Shell

* 20 December 2007
* From New Scientist Print Edition

Shell plans to begin construction on a pilot plant in Hawaii immediately, which it expects will produce 15 times as much oil for a given area as other biofuel crops, thanks to the efficiency of algal photosynthesis.
Marine algae get the green light from Shell - earth - 20 December 2007 - New Scientist Environment
Like many technologies/(plants?) this has been around for a while but is being dusted off now as the price of oil has risen.
Gopher weed also should be economic by now?


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