D-Bone
Jul 6th '06, 11:32 AM
A cheap and efficient process produces a chemical from fruit sugar that is remarkably similar to one that comes from petroleum.
The method, reported by professor James Dumesic of the University Wisconsin, Madison, could put plants such as corn on par with petroleum, reducing our dependency on the latter and creating more environmentally friendly products.
"The nice thing about using biomass as a replacement for all these petroleum products is that it is greenhouse-neutral," said Yuriy Roman-Leshkov, who with Dumesic and colleagues reported their findings in the current issue of Science.
Read More: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/06/30/sweetplastic_tec.html?category=technology&guid=20060630123000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000
The method, reported by professor James Dumesic of the University Wisconsin, Madison, could put plants such as corn on par with petroleum, reducing our dependency on the latter and creating more environmentally friendly products.
"The nice thing about using biomass as a replacement for all these petroleum products is that it is greenhouse-neutral," said Yuriy Roman-Leshkov, who with Dumesic and colleagues reported their findings in the current issue of Science.
Read More: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/06/30/sweetplastic_tec.html?category=technology&guid=20060630123000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000