Poplar trees are the newest source of biofuels

via eng.umd.edu

Poplar trees are already used for paper and timber production; could they now become yet another source of inedible biofuels? While this presents an opportunity for North America to move away from corn-based fuels, is this an efficient enough way to produce the fuel? And would this be sustainable enough?

This can become big if we can find a way to extract both fuel and paper out of the trees. That is to say, if the tree will be grown and cut down regardless for paper production, then let's find a way to get some fuel out of it as well.

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