For years corn and soybeans have been touted as possible alternatives to dirty diesel fuel, but until now, nobody has figured out how to make biofuel from these crops in a cheap, sustainable manner. That’s why researchers from the University of Michigan are turning to algae. Unlike corn or soybeans, algae not only grows quickly but can also be grown anywhere—at a cheap price. Now the researchers have zeroed in on the type of algae that can be used to make a high-performance fuel that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent.
How diesel cars could run on algae-based fuel in the future
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