Plants can help lower the cost of biofuel production

Plants can be genetically modified to produce valuable chemical compounds, known as bioproducts, to help cover the cost of converting plant waste into biofuel. Researchers at the Berkeley Lab have found promising new evidence that this strategy is economically feasible. Biofuels have amazing potential as an eco-friendly alternative to petroleum-based gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels. Currently, however, biofuels are much more expensive to manufacture.  Extracting bioproducts from plants could significantly lower the cost of biofuel production. "It's a really elegant solution, to be able to engineer a …