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Study details viable pathway to develop sustainable aviation biofuels industry in Pacific Northwest; hydroprocessing of natural oils seen as the most immediate opportunity

Green Car Congress

Using catalysts and heat, hydroprocessing removes oxygen, adds hydrogen and rearranges carbon molecules to create a drop-in petroleum substitute that requires no engine modifications in a 50% blend. Natural bio-oils have carbon chain lengths that are in the diesel range, 16-18 carbon atoms in the hydrocarbon. Hydroprocessing.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Then give us all a hydrogen cracker (solor powered) and run our cars and supplement our homes with the hydrogen. No more Big OIL - think of the extra money stimulating the economy! Most days you make more than you use - put that back into the grid. Its better solar transfer/storage than a battery. Then we are done! SZ (1) 6753.T

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