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Small-scale, community-owned biodiesel goes global
An honest, interesting statement from Piedmont Biofuels of North Carolina |
Tom Philpott |
06 Mar 2008 |
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| I'm a fierce critic of biofuels, but I've always had a soft spot for small, region-based biodiesel projects that create fuel from local resources, providing jobs in the bargain. (I proudly ran Emily Gertz's feature on the topic in our 2006 biofuels series.) The income from such projects remains within communities, rippling around and building wealth. Rather than being just another conduit for transferring cash from communities into the pockets of global investors, fu ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, biofuels, energy, industrial ag, North Carolina, waste (all these topics) |
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