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Univ of Washington team working to make poplar coppice viable cheap, high-volume biofuel feedstock

Green Car Congress

We have the environmental incentives to produce fuels and chemicals from renewable resources, but right now, they aren’t enough to compete with low oil prices. Alternative fuels must make economic sense, the researchers stress, for biofuels to make a dent in the petroleum-driven market. That’s the problem. Resources.