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==== Extra Links for the Policy Czar====
 
==== Extra Links for the Policy Czar====
# Sims REH, Mabee W, Saddler JN, Taylor M (2010) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19963372 An overview of second generation biofuel technologies] ''Bioresour Technol'' '''101''':1570–1580. <br>Review of technology and issues related to cellulosic ethanol. Skim the article for key details.
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* Sims REH, Mabee W, Saddler JN, Taylor M (2010) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19963372 An overview of second generation biofuel technologies] ''Bioresour Technol'' '''101''':1570–1580. <br>Review of technology and issues related to cellulosic ethanol. Skim the article for key details.
# [http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/ethanol_feedstocks.html#cellulosic DOE Cellulosic Ethanol] – read this page and click around the other ethanol links
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* [http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/ethanol_feedstocks.html#cellulosic DOE Cellulosic Ethanol] – read this page and click around the other ethanol links
# [http://e360.yale.edu/feature/for_cellulosic_ethanol_makers_the_road_ahead_is_still_uphill/2821/ For Cellulosic Ethanol Makers, The Road Ahead Is Still Uphill] Erica Gies ''Yale Environment 360'' Nov 3, 2014.
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* [http://e360.yale.edu/feature/for_cellulosic_ethanol_makers_the_road_ahead_is_still_uphill/2821/ For Cellulosic Ethanol Makers, The Road Ahead Is Still Uphill] Erica Gies ''Yale Environment 360'' Nov 3, 2014.
 
* [http://www.genomicscience.energy.gov/biofuels/ Bioenergy at DOE.] <br> Especially, check out the [http://www.genomicscience.energy.gov/biofuels/placemat.shtml From Biomass to Cellulosic Ethanol Placemat]
 
* [http://www.genomicscience.energy.gov/biofuels/ Bioenergy at DOE.] <br> Especially, check out the [http://www.genomicscience.energy.gov/biofuels/placemat.shtml From Biomass to Cellulosic Ethanol Placemat]
 
* [http://biofuels.dupont.com/cellulosic-ethanol/ Dupont Cellulosic Ethanol]<br> Watch the "From Feedstock to Fuel" video linked on the right side of the page.
 
* [http://biofuels.dupont.com/cellulosic-ethanol/ Dupont Cellulosic Ethanol]<br> Watch the "From Feedstock to Fuel" video linked on the right side of the page.

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