tequila biofuel Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:25:49 +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 Ethanol Could Replace Petrol Without Displacing Food Crops https://www.greenoptimistic.com/agave-ethanol-20110809/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/agave-ethanol-20110809/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:59:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=20014 In recent years, those voices saying that using corn crops to produce biofuels is a bad idea are increasingly common. Taking into account the concentration of carbon emitted into the atmosphere and the high prices of grain, many people said that corn ethanol proved to be worse than oil. The agave plants nevertheless proved that […]

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