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Algae oil promises truly green fuel [1]

This is one biofuel that lives up to its green billing in more ways than one. It's an emerald-green crude oil, produced by photosynthesis in algae, which could fuel cars, trucks and aircraft - without consuming crops that can be used as food.

Publication Date: 
07/06/2008
New Scientist [2]
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Alternative Fuels [3], Biofuel [4], Energy Technology [5], United States Of America (US) [6]
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