From Sugarcane to Superfuel

In Barra Bonita, Brazil, a team of researchers, scientists and farmers collaborate to create one of the lowest cost, lowest-carbon biofuels in the world: sugarcane ethanol.

Oct 18, 2012
Researchers, scientists and farmers collaborate to create one of the lowest cost, lowest-carbon biofuels in the world.
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