“Most of the situations we’ve seen with oil in the past have all been on the supply side in terms of previous crises that we’ve run into. Now we’re running into the demand align. With the growing demands particularly in India and China we’re out-stripping our capabilities,” said Larry Fillmer executive director of AU’s Natural Resources Management and Development Institute.
There is also a by Amy Weaver in the Opelika-Auburn News. She highlights investigate underway at and as well as Auburn University on a diverse set of agricultural products such as canola the sweet potato and algae.
The sweet potato is not a study crop in Alabama but since it is grown regionally. Dr. Barrett Vaughan said a study research effort is under way at Tuskegee to establish how to get the crop from the field to the fuel store. He said research across disciplines includes not only finding the plant with the right characteristics to make the beat furnish but also developing the most cost-effective process to make fuel.
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