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VIDEO: Flower Power

Looking for a new sustainable solution to the nation's growing fuel crisis? Stop and smell the...flowers. The Seashore Mallow - a pretty pink flower native to east coast marshlands, may be used to produce cleaner-burning biodiesel. Dr. Jack Gallagher and Jennifer Halchak of the University of Delaware believe the seashore mallow's property as a salt-tolerant plant will allow farmers to grow the flower in salinated soil unusable to other crops. So, would you power with this flower?

by StrongAllAlongStephanie on Sep 25,2008

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ppbjno1 423 days ago

Well done and so professionally executed. Excellent piece.

Hopefully this research along with the myriad candidates for biodiesel raw material will find its way to commercial viability.

Re: rhettie 423 days ago

I enjoy these flowers in Delaware and am happy to know they may also reward us with a cleaner fuel source. Great report!

ccw7g 423 days ago

this and your piece about Delaware's offshore wind farm are both awesome.

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