Scientists successfully converted fast-growing bamboo into a viable oil that could power vehicles – and at an estimated cost of just $2.75 per gallon.
Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts have unlocked a promising alternative to traditional petroleum by turning fast-growing bamboo into renewable biocrude oil.
Utilizing hydrothermal liquefaction—a process combining heat, high pressure, and water—the team heated bamboo to 572°F (300°C) for just ten minutes without adding chemical catalysts. In laboratory trials, over 35 percent of the plant's mass converted into an oil-like crude that can be further refined into usable fuel for vehicles, planes, and trains.
Beyond its high yield, bamboo offers major economic and environmental advantages over traditional biofuel feedstocks like corn. Techno-economic projections suggest bamboo-based fuel could achieve a mature commercial production cost of roughly $2.75 per gasoline-gallon equivalent.
Because bamboo grows rapidly in poor soil without displacing food crops, it dramatically reduces carbon emissions—generating up to 26 times fewer greenhouse gases than conventional diesel while requiring only a fraction of the land used by existing ethanol crops.
source: Woodard, T., Cai, C., Walters, J., & Timko, M. (2026). Bamboo-derived biocrude as a sustainable transportation fuel. Sustainable Energy & Fuels.
@ChrisSh97673102@h2av8tor Quote from your own article:
"Upon his appointment to oversee Trump’s health agency, the FDA and Kennedy reiterated his promise to “close the loophole”, and in 2026 he appeared to make good on it. He and the FDA stated that they were “closing critical information gaps”.
He tried
@Milajoy Actually her best bet is to stop talking. Any good attorney would say so. The more she says the more ammunition against her they have. Is she smart enough to keep quiet? I don't think so.
It looks like they are going for a white and gray look. The walls are light gray I think, but what stands out is how the closet near the door just sticks out into the room like they forgot put it in later. I once looked at a new home that forgot to put in closets in the bedrooms, and then they went back and put some small ones in the long hallway. Who ever bought that house would need clothes armoires and dressers in the bedrooms.
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) got MIC DROPPED on national television
BARTIROMO: Are you suggesting OBAMA's leadership on Iran was better?
KHANNA: Yes!
BARTIROMO: "There were 14 wire transfers to a Swiss account linked to Hezbollah. Between 2014 and 2016, that was a total of $1.7 billion. The same $1.7 billion, he told Congress, was frozen Iranian assets. There was a backchannel to Tehran through Valerie Jarrett, active for 2012 to 2024."
"This was after he left office. So it was almost like a shadow government! He also sent pellets of CASH in a plane to Iran."
"Now, why would you send money to Iran KNOWING that they are building a nuclear weapon and they are the leading sponsor of terrorism?!"
BRUTAL.
🚨 JUST IN: Democrats are shocked after even Dem strategist JAMES CARVILLE just said the party must SURRENDER on the issue of voter ID
CARVILLE: "We are NOT gonna win the war against ID. EVERY POLL shows 75% or better say we need ID to vote! Just QUIT FIGHTING IT. Go along with it and move the next thing." 🤯
Brutal!
"James Carville is telling his party to GIVE UP THE FIGHT on voter ID. He's arguing it's a TERRIBLE hill to die on."
"New Fox polling shows voters overwhelmingly support ID to vote...8 in 10!"
It's time: PASS SAVE AMERICA
@swerveruk@jayne_siro76307@ECOWARRIORSS It is always possible but I do think a lot of time went by before Ivanka saw the island and the law was changed. Law was changed in 2024, she seems to have seen the Island in 2026. Still it appears someone showed it to her. Maybe he was interested?
@kizzydorey@koshercockney I guess you did not see the violent uprisings in France carrying Palestinian flags and clearly made up of Islamic immigrants? Is that a coincidence too?
🚨 "SHE'S IN DEEP TROUBLE!" As federal agents raid Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar's home and 12+ targets after a 6-hour warrant review and family DNA collection over alleged citizenship and birth-date fraud, Alan Dershowitz warns she faces denaturalization and deportation! While radical Democrats harbor dishonest, anti-American frauds in Congress, President Trump is restoring the rule of law: "She could also go to jail!" No one is above the law! 🇺🇸🔥 #IlhanOmar #DeportOmar #AmericaFirst
@WallStreetApes At Publix in the seafood section, it is clearly labeled if the shrimp previously frozen, some shrimp is always offered fresh, and the regular fish sold in the case is fresh.