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Rely On Bio-crops For Bio Fuel
31/Aug/2006: Crops with energy-specific traits may be developed to help meet the growing demands for renewable alternative fuels.
The rapidly growing U.S. fuel ethanol industry has the capacity to distill 4.8 billion gallons of the motor fuel this year, mostly from corn (maize).
Federal law sets a target of using 7.5 billion gallons (28.4 billion liters) of renewable fuels annually by 2012. The large-scale production of such energy crops could have tremendous implications for U.S. agricultural systems.
The genetic engineering could be used to add traits to food crops, such as corn and soybeans, and nonfood crops, like grasses and trees, to enhance energy production thus Biotechnology can be used to boost the energy output of crops used in making renewable fuels.
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