Sep 18, 2006

Grass into fuel

International Herald Tribune: Voltaire's "Candide" found an 18th century solution to the problems of the world: Cultivate the garden. Researchers are now developing a more advanced response: Cut the grass. The International Energy Agency, the research institute in Paris that advises major oil-consuming nations, says that it expects strong demand and the difficulty in finding oil that is easy to pump from the ground will continue to support high oil prices. Rising oil prices add to inflation, and ...Link