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Monday, December 29th, 2008
New method of producing bioethanol from bamboo developed in Shizuoka.
This just in off the wire….
HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka — A research team at Shizuoka University has succeeded in developing a new technology to efficiently produce bioethanol from bamboo.
The woody grass grows faster than trees, and doesn’t cut into food sources like sugar cane or corn, making bamboo an attractive alternative for producing the fuel.
The team, led [...]
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
George Brett Takes A Swing With Bamboo Bats.
Who would have thought — bamboo baseball bats!
Here is a chunk of the article:
For 11 years Brett and his brothers Bobby, Ken and John have been part of a baseball bat company that makes and markets bamboo bats, which the company heralds as environmentally friendly and the three-time batting champion lauds as being hard as [...]
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