Tequila based biofuel Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:53:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Biofuel Gives Higher Purpose to Tequila Plants https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biofuel-gives-higher-purpose-to-tequila-plants-20121001/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biofuel-gives-higher-purpose-to-tequila-plants-20121001/#respond Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:53:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=26293 If a greenhouse filled with agave plants and pots of cacti is not enough to attract attention, the sign saying “tequila” placed right next to them might just do the job. John Cushman, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Reno has no intentions to make the Mexican “liquid gold.” Although expert producers of […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biofuel-gives-higher-purpose-to-tequila-plants-20121001/feed/ 0 26293 Agave Plant Could Be a Perfect Source of Biofuel https://www.greenoptimistic.com/agave-plant-biofuel-20110204/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/agave-plant-biofuel-20110204/#respond Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:02:20 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=17007 Researchers at the University of Illinois claim that the Agave plant (used in making tequila) could be a great source of biofuel. According to some articles published in the journal Global Change Biology Bioenergy, two Agave species greatly exceeded the yields of other biofuel feedstocks such as sorghum, corn, soybean and wheat.

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