The New York Times recently reported on how a group of scientists out of North Carolina State University are looking to turn trees into new energy sources using a controversial genetic engineering process that reduces the amount of lignin, a chemical compound that interferes with efforts to turn the tree’s cellulose into biofuels like ethanol.
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Fake Plastic Trees? Transgenic trees to become an "easier" source of ethanol fuel
(via www.greenprinteronline.com)
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