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a factory that treats plants like crude oil and squeezes out everything but the guilt.
means an industrial plant that converts biomass into fuels, chemicals, and materials the way an oil refinery converts petroleum.
from coined in the 1990s by analogy to oil refineries, as biofuel researchers looked for a word that made corn stalks sound as versatile as crude.
first targetcorn ethanol plants were early biorefinery prototypes
zero waste goalaims to use every part of the plant
outputsfuel, plastics, adhesives, even fabrics from lignin