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Washington State scientists making poplars with rose scent
Tri-Valley Dispatch ^
| 02/12/14
| Sandi Doughton
Posted on 02/12/2014 9:56:24 AM PST by Abathar
SEATTLE Sniff the air around Norman Lewis experimental poplars, and you wont pick up the scent of roses.
But inside the saplings leaves and stems, cells are hard at work producing the chemical called 2-phenylethanol which by any other name would smell as sweet.
Sweeter still is the fact that perfume and cosmetics companies will pay as much as $30 an ounce for the compound that gives roses their characteristic aroma. Because what Lewis and his colleagues at Washington State University are really chasing is the smell of money.
Born out of the frustrating quest to wring biofuels from woody plants, the WSU project takes a different tack. Instead of grinding up trees to produce commercial quantities of so-called cellulosic ethanol, their goal is to turn poplars into living factories that churn out modest levels of chemicals with premium price tags.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Washington
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"Biofuels dont provide a compelling economic case at this point in time, he said. Weve been trying for many decades to understand how plants make these special chemicals that can be used in flavorings, fuels and medicinals, and that seemed like the obvious first place to target."What is this?? A professor who actually understands markets and economics when developing new GM products?
Good read, and this from a guy with my tagline...
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02/12/2014 9:56:24 AM PST
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Abathar
To: Abathar
What tagline?......................
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posted on
02/12/2014 10:00:36 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/12/2014 10:04:09 AM PST
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Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Red Badger
"Biofuels dont provide a compelling economic case at this point in time, he said. He should be introduced to the Chinese Tallow Tree, otherwise known as the Popcorn Tree. It makes a white vegetable fat covering its seeds, hence the 'popcorn' name, that when rendered can be used as a diesel fuel......................
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02/12/2014 10:04:13 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
To: Abathar
Somebody stole it.................
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posted on
02/12/2014 10:21:23 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
To: Abathar
Taglines don’t show on the first post to a thread.
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posted on
02/12/2014 10:36:53 AM PST
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null and void
(<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
To: null and void
When did FR switch to Pacific time?
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posted on
02/12/2014 10:47:48 AM PST
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Beagle8U
(Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
To: Abathar
“perfume and cosmetics companies will pay as much as $30 an ounce for the compound”
It’s $90 a liter from Sigma-Aldrich.
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posted on
02/12/2014 10:49:12 AM PST
by
ifinnegan
To: Beagle8U
Always been pacific time afaik
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02/12/2014 10:50:12 AM PST
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ifinnegan
To: Beagle8U
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posted on
02/12/2014 10:50:55 AM PST
by
null and void
(<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
To: null and void
It showed as Eastern Daylight time until a couple days ago.
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posted on
02/12/2014 10:52:41 AM PST
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Beagle8U
(Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
To: Beagle8U
Not for those of us in FR’s home state...
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posted on
02/12/2014 10:53:56 AM PST
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null and void
(<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
To: null and void
So you’re saying FR posted time of posts based on the poster’s time zone?
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02/12/2014 10:56:27 AM PST
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Beagle8U
(Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
To: Abathar
Instead of grinding up trees to produce commercial quantities of so-called cellulosic ethanolWhat the h*ll is that?
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posted on
02/12/2014 10:58:41 AM PST
by
McGruff
(Every night has it's dawn.)
To: Beagle8U
I believe so. Haven’t much thought about it.
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posted on
02/12/2014 10:59:20 AM PST
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null and void
(<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
To: null and void
It didn’t until a couple days ago, every post was on Eastern Daylight or Eastern Standard time.
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posted on
02/12/2014 11:01:59 AM PST
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Beagle8U
(Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
To: null and void
Although I live in the United States Central time zone, I can see a good use for Universal (Greenwich) time.
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02/12/2014 11:05:33 AM PST
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reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
To: Beagle8U
It’s probably stored as GMT but displayed as the viewer’s local time.
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posted on
02/12/2014 11:09:22 AM PST
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reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
To: reg45
Well, now it isn’t.
It shows everyone on Pacific time.
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posted on
02/12/2014 11:11:29 AM PST
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Beagle8U
(Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
To: Beagle8U; reg45; null and void
*SLAP*
Focus people! We’re talking about wood that smells like flowers here!
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02/12/2014 11:30:34 AM PST
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Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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