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Genomatica estimates that within a year the energy-efficient process will cost less than current hydrocarbon-based processes – a revolutionary development since close to 3 billion pounds of BDO manufactured each year.
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It is an exciting read that could get many people thinking about where the business and, in effect, the entire hydrocarbon-based economy might be going if we don't start seriously investing toward new energy futures.
Our Thirst for Oil: A Deeper Dive Michael Totty 2010
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Amyris Biotechnologies, for example, says it has also created bacteria capable of providing renewable hydrocarbon-based fuels.
Fuel from germs ewillett 2010
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Roughly half of these cases involved children under the age of 6.1 This is not surprising in view of the fact that hydrocarbon-based products are commonly found in the home.
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Amyris Biotechnologies, for example, says it has also created bacteria capable of providing renewable hydrocarbon-based fuels.
Fuel from germs ewillett 2010
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The X-51 will be powered by a hydrocarbon-based jet fuel called JP7.
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They have every reason to promote the world's addiction to oil and to ransom the remaining supplies of hydrocarbon-based energy at higher and higher prices.
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Much of this growth has come from energy-intensive and hydrocarbon-based industries such as petrochemicals, which have thrived on the availability of cheap natural gas.
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From very early on, Obama's team showed little interest in engaging the industry about the difficult issues of converting from a mostly hydrocarbon-based economy to one more diversified, and, based on the industry's track record and opposition to any improvement in carbon emissions, tax reform, or safety regulations, that's understandable; but to shut out all advice seems a bit extreme.
Robert L. Cavnar: Fishing On the BP Well: So, All This Was the Government's Idea? 2010
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They have every reason to promote the world's addiction to oil and to ransom the remaining supplies of hydrocarbon-based energy at higher and higher prices.
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