(Notícia em Inglês)
Imagine if area farmers could once again profitably grow tobacco and in far greater quantities than ever before.
If a new company at Dan River Business Development Center has its way, that will happen — but the product will be used to create biofuels instead of cigarettes.
Peter Majeranowski, a founder and managing director of Tyton BioSciences, said years of development have gone into the product, which will be genetically modified to produce "both ethanol and biodiesel at yields that far surpass the traditional crops of corn and soy."
And, because corn and soy are also food crops, using tobacco to create the same products can alleviate the complaints that food prices are rising because of demand for crops as fuel, Majeranowski said.
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Imagine if area farmers could once again profitably grow tobacco and in far greater quantities than ever before.
If a new company at Dan River Business Development Center has its way, that will happen — but the product will be used to create biofuels instead of cigarettes.
Peter Majeranowski, a founder and managing director of Tyton BioSciences, said years of development have gone into the product, which will be genetically modified to produce "both ethanol and biodiesel at yields that far surpass the traditional crops of corn and soy."
And, because corn and soy are also food crops, using tobacco to create the same products can alleviate the complaints that food prices are rising because of demand for crops as fuel, Majeranowski said.
timesdispatch.com»