How scientists made better ‘bio oil’ from trees killed by beetles

Scientists have created a new method for producing "bio oil" from trees killed by the mountain pine beetle. The new method is more cost-effective than previous methods, potentially making way for commercial fuel applications, a new study suggests.

The mountain pine beetle has destroyed more than 40 million acres of forest in the western United States. That amounts to an area the size of Washington state that is strewn with conifers left for dead.

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