{"id":1144,"date":"2007-10-15T09:08:21","date_gmt":"2007-10-15T14:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/2007\/10\/15\/notes-from-the-national-geographic\/"},"modified":"2007-10-15T09:08:25","modified_gmt":"2007-10-15T14:08:25","slug":"notes-from-the-national-geographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=1144","title":{"rendered":"Notes from the National Geographic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when I said I read <em>National Geographic<\/em> cover to cover when I get it? I read most of the current issue over the weekend and one of the things that struck me was the article on <a href=\"http:\/\/magma.nationalgeographic.com\/ngm\/2007-10\/biofuels\/biofuels-interactive.html\">Biofuels<\/a>. Check out the one on cellulose. Yes, that&#8217;s right, we could possibly fuel our future cars on leftover plant materials. Just like in <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0088763\/\"><em>Back to the Future<\/em><\/a>. 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