[Peakoil] GM invests in 'trash to ethanol' start-up

[Antony Barry]

GM invests in 'trash to ethanol' start-up

General Motors buys undisclosed share in the cellulosic ethanol  
company Coskata to bring E85 fuel to market faster.
By Martin LaMonica
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: January 13, 2008, 10:01 AM PST

General Motors is investing in biofuels start-up Coskata in a bid to  
speed the flow of ethanol for GM's flex-fuel vehicles.

At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Sunday,  
GM is scheduled to announce a partnership with Coskata, a year-and-a- 
half-old company with technology for turning wood chips, grasses, or  
municipal waste into ethanol.


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