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Bilal Bomani: Plant fuels that could power a jet

TEDxNASA@SiliconValley, Filmed Aug 2011; Posted Jan 2012

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Algae plus salt water equals … fuel? At TEDxNASA@SiliconValley, Bilal Bomani reveals a self-sustaining ecosystem that produces biofuels -- without wasting arable land or fresh water.

Bilal Bomani runs NASA’s Greenlab research facility, where he is developing the next generation of biofuels. Full bio »

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