biofuel
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№ 199TreesJatropha: The Biofuel Miracle That Wasn't
A tough, poisonous, oil-seeded shrub hailed as the wonder biofuel that would green deserts and power the world from wasteland — until billions of dollars of plantations failed, in one of the great agricultural bubbles of the century.
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№ 306TreesPongamia: The Nitrogen-Fixing Tree That Might Actually Fuel Us
A tough coastal legume whose oil-rich seeds lit lamps and repelled pests for centuries — now seriously pursued as a biofuel and reforestation tree, having learned the hard lessons of the jatropha bust.
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