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Dear BEST members, This article from Care2.com explains how advances in technology have proven tobacco plants, alcohol waste products, and seaweed as 3 potential methods for producing biofuels. Tobacco sells have declined and scientists in a California lab believe this new use of the plant will enhance our health. Tobacco was chosen for many benefits including: it is grown in over 100 countries and its large leaves can store lots of fuel. To continue, the alcohol byproducts of whiskey produce biobutanol, which potentially produces 30% more energy than bioethanol. Scientists at Edinburg Napier University say the butanol produced could eventually be pumped right into existing automobile engines. Lastly, seaweed can be used as an effective biofuel because it can yield 1,500 gallons of ethanol per acre. There would be no need to find arable land because seaweed grows in the sea of course. http://www.care2.com/causes/tobacco-alcohol-and-seaweed-3-innovative-methods-for-producing-biofuels.html Tobacco, Alcohol And…Seaweed? 3 Innovative Methods For Producing Biofuels Care2, Inc. June 13, 2012 Sincerely, Leslie Johnson BioEnergy and Sustainability School Intern