biohol

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

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