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The Future of Biofuels: Corn,Rapeseed and Chopsticks

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The Future of Biofuels: Corn,Rapeseed and Chopsticks

05 Mar, 2008

Published over 18 years ago. See the latest and most current information on Analytical instrumentation.

Mr Colin Walker

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FCL Biofuels is one of the largest biofuels companies in the UK and one of the first to launch an own-brand fuel for the forecourts in the shape of PrioBio™. It is a fact that the fossil fuels, which currently fulfil over 80 per cent of our energy needs, will one day run out. It is also a fact that ‘one day’ is coming ever nearer.

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