Ecofriend

The state of New York will soon build an ethanol production plant near Rochester that will use paper sludge, wood chips and other agricultural waste as its raw material. Mascoma's 15,000-square-foot, $14.8 million facility is scheduled to open toward.

Just think of producing high-quality diesel from just about any product with carbon in it - be it coal to PVC pipe to nylon, sewer sludge, wood, agricultural waste, plain old trash or even plastics! If this is really possible, it will surely reduce...