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Camelina biodiesel reduces dependence on foreign oil

(04/09/2008)

The U.S. Energy Bill signed at the end of 2007 increased the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) to 36 billion gallons by 2022. But with the rising cost of consumer goods, this mandate has come under fire recently as the primary reason land is being used to grow crops for fuel instead of for food production. Camelina, an oilseed crop in the same family as mustard, offers a solution for reaching this biodiesel production goal by providing a sustainable, low-input biofuel feedstock option that does ... [more]

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