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USC study shows promising potential for giant-kelp-based biofuel with depth-cycling approach

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Once implemented, depth-cycling farms could lead to a new way to produce affordable, carbon-neutral fuel year-round. Cindy Wilcox, co-founder and president of Marine BioEnergy, estimates that it would take a Utah-sized patch of ocean to make enough kelp biofuel to replace 10% of the liquid petroleum consumed annually in the United States.

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