Could kiwis be the next major source of biofuel? There's some research going on in New Zealand (of course) about the feasibility of using the green fruit as a source of the plant based fuel alternative.
Right now, they say, ruined fruit gets used as stock food, but that could be turned into a fuel source. They're even working on using it for bio plastics. The "refineries" would be like wineries. There are a lot of people in New Zealand who are excited about this.
My question is, would kiwi biofuel cause any of the same problems that corn based biofuels do now? I know that the world doesn't survive on kiwi (tasty as it is) the way it does on corn. I mean, if using kiwis as biofuel doesn't cause world food shortages and all, then I would be all for it. What do you think?
[Via New Zealand Herald.com]
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