UMass researchers aim to turn plant matter into less costly fuel that’s more environmentally friendly

Boston.com
By Dave Copeland
Boston Globe Correspondent / July 13, 2009

The greening of gasoline
In a laboratory at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, graduate students hover around a complex setup that involves tubes, chambers, and dials. The students load sawdust into one side of the machine and, within moments, a brown liquid begins to drip into a catch basin on the other side.

The liquid - known as green gasoline - is the chemical equivalent of traditional gasoline, but cleaner and less expensive. According to its inventor, that means the green gas, also referred to as grassoline, has the potential to transform the economy.

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