Scientist says corn ethanol is a transition step

Prairie Region News
Dave Thompson

BISMARCK, ND (2008-09-24) The director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California says ethanol is a transition step in the development of biofuels.

Dr. Steve Chu says the next generation is to use waste materials or grasses -- and not turn it into ethanol, but make it into its own gasoline or diesel-type fuel. Chu says making diesel from biofuels is actually superior to gasoline or regular diesel.

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