This just in from a lab in New Orleans: A team of scientists have
discovered a bacterial strain that reduces old newspapers to a viable
substance whose applications include car fuel. The hero of this
particular breakthrough is TU-103. The magic part is when it comes into
contact with cellulose derived material, e.g. paper, it produces
butanol.

Butanol? To think it was first discovered by the scientists involved
in this particular breakthrough in samples of animal feces. Turns out
butanol and cellulose, which is found in all plant life on Earth, are a
fine mix when alternative fuels
are needed. What makes butanol superior to the much more popular
ethanol is it’s an instant substitute to gasoline, requiring no changes
in car engineering.
The newspaper discovery came in as the scientists–David Mullin,
Harshad Valenkar, and Hailee Rask–were experimenting wit
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