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[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 months ago

Theoretically, any feedstock that can be converted to sugar would work.

Bioreactors that take "waste" plant material and convert it to sugars have proved very difficult to perfect. There were a huge number tried when biodiesel was "the next big thing".... None became commercially viable, which is why biodiesel died....