The twist that Codexis brings is that unlike petrol, of which each batch from the refinery is chemically different from the others (because the crude oil from which it is derived is an arbitrary mixture of hydrocarbon molecules), biopetrol could be turned out exactly the same, again and again, and thus designed to have the optimal mixture of properties required of a motor fuel.

ECONOMIST: Advanced biofuels

We are very independent people and very different from others, perhaps because of our high mountain ranges which make our country very difficult to invade.

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