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rayofreason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 01:50 PM
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New Energy-Efficient Process Turns Sugar into Gasoline
Using microscopic metal particles, scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that plant-based sugar can be converted to gasoline to be used in current engines. The substance is cleaner-burning than petroleum-based gasoline and more stable than ethanol.

http://gas2.org/2008/09/21/new-energy-efficient-process-turns-sugar-into-gasoline/#more-971
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BigBearJohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 02:15 AM
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1. Thanks
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 08:49 AM
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2. Very interesting - if it's safer to burn perhaps they'll stop putting HFCS in our food and start
putting it in our cars.

And stop with the creepy straw man commercials while they're at it.
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