http://www.newscloud.com/section/diesel Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:35:02 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us http://www.newscloud.com/read/Rainforest_Fungus_Synthesizes_Diesel A fungus that lives inside trees in the Patagonian rain forest naturally makes a mix of hydrocarbons that bears a striking resemblance to diesel, biologists announced today. And the fungus can grow on cellulose, a major component of tree trunks, blades of grass and stalks that is the most abundant carbon-based plant material on Earth.... [T]the paper's authors admit that the technique is far from any sort of industrial production. 'This report presents no information on the cost-effectiveness or other details to make G. roseum an alternative fuel source,' they write.

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