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Powering Cars With Bioethanol Made From Household Rubbish

Jul 30 2008

In this video from Reuters, Michelle Carlile-Alkhouri, reports on how chemical company Ineos has developed technology to make bioethanol from household waste.

With soaring oil prices and government policy drives to run car fleets on cleaner energy sources that emit fewer greenhouse gases, biofuels are growing in popularity. But with land being used to grow biofuel rather than food crops the shine has come off their green credentials.

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