biohol

biohol
 n.β€” Β«The ethanol made here is not only clean but also cheapβ€”this is perhaps the first ethanol plant to achieve both. More important, it is an early demon stration of the great potential of bioholsβ€”liquid fuels derived from biomass for internal combustion engines.Β» β€”β€œMy Big Biofuels Bet” by Vinod Khosla Wired Oct., 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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