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Two Genomic Research Projects in British Columbia Tackle Issues in Emerging Forestry Biofuels Industry

Green Car Congress

The resulting current surplus of beetle-killed lodegpole has the potential to supply the biofuel industry for the next 20 years and beyond. Trees are a huge store of chemical energy that can be converted into liquid biofuel—but we need to identify the ideal method to produce these sugars economically. million (US$1.0-million)