National Public Radio: From Congress to The Colbert Report, people are talking about the Midwestern drought and debating whether it makes sense to convert the country's shrinking corn supplies into ethanol to power our cars. It's the latest installment of the long-running food vs. fuel battle. But wouldn't it be lovely if somebody came up with a biofuel that didn't take food out of people's mouths? A few years ago, some people thought they'd found it: A miracle tree called Jatropha. Unfortunately, the miracle...
URL: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/08/21/159391553/how-a-biofuel-dream-called-jatropha-came-crashing-down?ft=1&f=1025
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