Tequila plant could fuel vehicles and help reduce emissions

Friday, July 29, 2011 - 09:00 in Physics & Chemistry

In an article published today in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, plant physiologist Dr Daniel Tan and his University of Oxford collaborators have analysed the potential to produce bioethanol (biofuel) from the agave plant, a high sugar succulent widely grown in Mexico to make the alcoholic drink tequila.

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