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'2nd-generation' biofuels on back burner

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Barot Casha

Fuels from agricultural waste and other futuristic feedstocks are often touted as the solution to the current food-vs.-energy dilemma.

But for these "second-generation" biofuels to become a reality, the U.S. cannot abandon controversial "first-generation" biofuels from corn and soybeans, according to several biofuel developers.

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