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Coskata’s Biofuel Breakthrough
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Category: Green Energy & Conservation
Academic Level: Corporate
Publisher: GMnext
Published Date: Feb 2008
Comment(s): 2

GM works with Coskata to test out cellulosic ethanol - a biofuel that can be made from any renewable resource including trash, wood chips and even old tires. Learn more about Coskata’s process in this video.

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I wonder who first thought

my daughter

I wonder who first thought of this idea. Well thank goodness, not only does it help the environment, but it's cost effective!!!

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I wonder if people will be able to contribute to this by contributing grass cuttings or such. Might work like the recycling of aluminum cans... where people get so much per pound or something. Might encourage people to turn in their grass clippings rather than illegally dumping it or putting it in a landfill.

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