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Chris Bowler - who has written 1 posts on Environmental Graffiti.

Chris is a productivity and software enthusiast living in the forests of northern British Columbia, Canada. He is a husband and a father of five who cares for the state of the planet we all share, and believes in promoting a sustainable, simplistic lifestyle. Chris also writes for his own blog, The Weekly Review.

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Another New Alternative to Fossil Fuels: Sunflowers

Thursday, October 2, 2008

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In the race to produce the best alternative to fossil fuels, there could soon be a new contender – sunflowers. Although already used to produce oil and biodiesel, some scientists believe these tall, colorful flowers can be used to produce ethanol as well. The silverleaf and Algodones dune varieties are both produce a significant amount of biomass that could be converted to ethanol.

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