Biofuel bonanza could create specialty chemical fountainhead

Glycerin, other co-products targeted for R&D
from purchasing.com:

There's a heated debate going on in the chemicals industry centering on whether or not the biofuels boom will produce a dramatic increase in the supply of some specialty chemicals. The processes that transform biomass into ethanol or biodiesel can produce byproducts used to develop specialty chemicals—chemicals that now are only derived through the use of petroleum.

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