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Cellulosic ethanol hits roadblocks

Nature volume 461, pages 582–583 (2009)Cite this article

The third of four weekly articles looks at how the financial crisis is slowing efforts to commercialize next-generation ethanol.

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Kwok, R. Cellulosic ethanol hits roadblocks. Nature 461, 582–583 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/461582a

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