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Drink More Whisky. Save the Earth.
Offbeat  (tags: scottish, whiskey, biofuel, distillation, earth )

Merissa
- 642 days ago - mnn.com
The Scottish are making a promising biofuel from what's left behind from the whisky distillation process.
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Fury in Sweden After Company Offers to Grind Up Bodies of 291drowned Reindeer to Make Biofuel
Offbeat  (tags: animal lovers, sweden, outraged, drowned reindeers, energy company, grind up carcasses, biofuel )

Simone
- 889 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Animal lovers in Sweden were in uproar after an energy company offered to grind up the carcasses of 291 reindeer which drowned after falling through thin ice to make biofuel. A 3,000-strong herd of the animals were being moved to winter pasture by
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LiveFuels to Farm Fish to Make Biofuel = Bad Idea
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, algae, biofuel, fish farming )

Beatrice
- 1012 days ago - treehugger.com
LiveFuels thinks it knows the way around making expensive algae biofuel production equipment and scaling that up for commercial production, raise fish to eat the algae and store it in their organs, and then kill the fish to get the oil. Thankfully this
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Aussies Reckon Tequila Plant's Worth a Shot in Biofuel Search
Offbeat  (tags: pollution, biofuel )

Michael
- 1176 days ago - abc.net.au
Sugar cane is already used in Australia to make sugar for ethanol production, especially in Queensland where there is a long-established cane industry and 10 per cent ethanol petrol is widespread.
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