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Junkyard Find: 1993 Nissan Sentra with 320,165 miles

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However, I do make an effort to shoot inmates of car graveyards in other states (including Minnesota , Wisconsin , Illinois , Nevada , North Carolina , Arizona , North Dakota , Washington and Wyoming ) and other countries ( Sweden , England ). That turned out to be the New Orleans West Pull-a-Part. note -- We miss Sajeev.

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New yeast engineered by BESC, Mascoma could accelerate production of cellulosic ethanol

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Although cellulosic biomass such as corn stover, wheat straw and bagasse (the fibrous remains after sugar is extracted from sugarcane or sorghum) is abundant and cheap, because of recalcitrance—a plant’s resistance to releasing sugars for conversion to alcohol—it is much more difficult to utilize than corn.

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BESC team engineers microbe for direct production of isobutanol from cellulose

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While cellulosic biomass like corn stover and switchgrass is abundant and cheap, it is much more difficult to utilize than corn and sugar cane. This is due in large part because of recalcitrance, or a plant’s natural defenses to being chemically dismantled. Wendy Higashide, Yongchao Li, Yunfeng Yang, and James C.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). If allowed as part of an emissions reduction program, offsets have the potential to provide various benefits. Cheap debt issuance alone, even if backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Another three U.S.

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