Gasoline from Trees

Researchers have found a way to turn wood into gasoline. Now we may not have to turn our food into fuel thanks to a possible new source: trees.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• biofuel
• fuel
• chemistry
• energy
• gasoline
• cars
• cellulose
• sustainable
• environment
• oil
• barrel

[123ilikecheese456]

@x3cheer3x stfu nigger this could save the world people like you should die

[upabittoolate]

you do

[x3cheer3x]

wow yall are stupid.. who cares about this??

[Pilanus]

If they do it with bamboo and other rapid growth plants, I think it would be better off for all of us.

But at least it is a step in the right direction.

[shituponshit]

HEY MORRONS!!! they guy is tlaking about wast wood not cutting down the worlds forest to make gas.....duh

wood has much less polutants in it as well, the wood would also be burnt any ways as waste so it actually helps the enviroment by geting use out of it by putting it in our tanks. Plus it reduces the demand for rag head oil which inturn will reduce the cost or gas...wake up people!

[geralw0512]

Fuuck him this is not good at enney way this will just bring more poor ppl and war

[mrclam01]

actually it does contribute to global warming cause we would be taking away trees that soak up CO2 and then burning the tree to release stored CO2 in the tree

[auntT67]

They burned thousands of tonnes of waste from Hurricane Ivan. It could have been used for anything but they just wasted it. Oh, and they are using wood waste now to make pellets for heaters and such. It is no longer free here but I doubt all waste is used. I think soon they will figure out how to profit off everything we could use to save the planet and ourselves. This is a bad idea, trees also keep the temperature down and moisture in the soil. The earth will bake and us along with it.

[668beastneighbor]

How is sustainable fuel that doesn't contribute to global warming and costs 1/4th the cost of petroleum from the perpetually worn torn Middle East stupid? I think Algae biodiesel is another promising route to compliment this approach. since our cars are mostly gasoline powered and our trucks are mostly diesel powered. Combine this fuel with efficient vehicles like hybrids and sell it to the world and we can rescue our debt ridden economy.

[668beastneighbor]

SUSTAINABLE cellulose- trees, crop wastes, sawdust from furniture mills, newspaper from landfills, switchgrass (a prarie grass that doesn't require, weeding, irrigation or fertilizer - only cutting & bailing) will also clean the atmosphere and prevent pollution and CO2 buildup of burning petroleum. Fast growing species of hybrid poplar could be economical for this. Construction waste wood and all the wood from all the buildings destroyed by Katrina was wasted it could have fueled our hybrids.