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100
I can destroy asphalt in a matter of minutes and you can drink me (but this is not recommended).
What is biofuel?
100
This process produces energy from biofuels.
What is carbon reduction?
100
Several of these have been identified, from the gut of insects, that degrade lignocellulosic biomass with high efficiency.
What is bacteria?
100
Demand for biofuels could increase income for this sector of the population.
Who are farmers?
200
We need biofuel to replace these two fossil fuels.
What is gasoline and oil?
200
This chemical must be balanced in order for biomass production to be sustainable.
What is carbon?
200
Further metabolic engineering of this was done to enhance the yield of bioethanol.
What is E. coli?
200
The amount of human power consumption every second.
What is 13 TW?
200
Though not yet commercially available, these biofuels ar made from non-food crops.
What are second- and third-generation biofuels?
300
I am the kind of biofuel that derives from starch found in corn and potatoes.
What is bioethanol?
300
In order to be considered a biofuel, the fuel must be at least this percent sustainable.
What is 80% ?
300
Newly discovered enzymes have high specificity towards this using genomic and metagenomic approaches.
What is cellulosic biomass?
300
Biofuels often need these to compete in the marketplace.
What are economic subsidies?
400
I am the kind of Biofuel that derives from animal fat.
What is biodiesal?
400
Bioalcohols are derived from this process.
What is anaerobic breakdown of starch-rich plants?
400
A pathway in E. coli has been discovered that enables this organism to produce biodiesel from what generated as waste from the biodiesel industry.
What is crude glycerol?
400
Use of biofuels could result in higher food prices and more malnutrition due to a decrease in this.
What is world food supply?
500
Biofuels decrease the affect of these on the environment.
What are greenhouse gases?
500
This process uses an alcohol and an ester compound to refine the oil extracted from algae.
What is transesterfication?
500
Novel cellulase and xylanase enzymes from bacteria was isolated and overexpressed in E. coli for use in this.
What is the saccharification process?
500
Biofuels improve the United States' relations with nations in the Middle East by prompting this.
What is a decrease in dependence on foreign oil?