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Maine’s Old Town Fuel and Fiber Mill suggests a way out of the fuel scarcity that we witness today. It, in fact, is going to produce cellulosic bio-butanol, normally used as a jet fuel, from trees’ residual. In doing so, it excels various start-ups.
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A worker pumps gas for a customer at a gas station in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Vietnam lowered fuel prices by 8 percent Tuesday as world oil prices fell to $49 a barrel, the lowest price in nearly three years.
