My Other Car Runs On Old-Growth

Washington lumber giant Weyerhaeuser and California's Chevron Oil and Gas Company have announced a partnership to develop a new bio-fuel. The planned fuel would be created out of wood fiber--something we imagine Weyerhaeuser has plenty of.

The 50-50 partnership was announced on Friday afternoon in a joint statement. The venture has been named "Catchlight Energy." The new company will use staff and resources from Weyerhaeuser's Federal Way office and a number of Chevron's plants. First on the new project's checklist? Creating and demonstrating the technology which could convert the wood fibers into a viable fuel. This seems to imply such a thing has yet to be done. (We might have waited on the announcement until that little tid-bit was smoothed out.)

Seattlest wonders what the logic is of creating an alternative fuel from another finite and precious resource. What do you think about Weyerhaeuser and Chevron's new partnership and plan?

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