The fastest-growing plant on Earth can be turned into biocrude with almost no waste. A new study finds it emits 26 times less carbon than petroleum diesel.
Scientists looking for alternatives to petrol and diesel have successfully created oil from bamboo. Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, USA, converted bamboo into an oil-like substance using a special process. In the lab, the bamboo was heated at 300 degrees Celsius for just 10 minutes.