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Old 11-06-2008, 12:27 PM
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Unique fungus discovered in rainforest makes biodiesel directly from wood!

Fascinating!

Newfound fungus makes better biofuel
Discovery also questions theory of how crude oil was made by nature
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Old 11-06-2008, 02:07 PM
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Wonder if it can be manipulated to eat yard waste, sewage and any other organic landfill type stuff. Or at least if they can grab some of the genetic material and coax bacteria into doing it.

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