This is something I’ve never heard of before, biogasoline. It’s a new biofuel they’re making from switchgrass and other non-food crops. It also runs in your regular gasoline engine with no modifications. Verrry interesting.

Don’t get too excited yet, though, the makers of this new fuel, Shell and Virent Energy Systems, have quite a few hurdles to jump before it becomes economically viable. They need to find places to grow the crops, factories to produce the biogasoline, and consumers and fuel marketers willing to buy and sell it.

Despite all this, biogasoline could be a very exciting step in the path towards energy independence.