Ants have been converting plant biomass into energy for millions of years.

蚂蚁已经有着数百年的将植物转化为能量的历史了。

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Converting this plant waste into fuels is an important goal for the biofuel industry, which currently USES food crops such as corn.

将该种菌加入植物废料并将其转变成燃料，将成为生物燃料工程的一大目标。目前的生物燃料以农作物例如玉米为主。

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Researchers and several companies are developing methods for converting the plant biomass into ethanol.

许多研究者和公司正在试图研究出把生物量转化为乙醇的方法。

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They are much more efficient at converting plant matter into edible tablefare than livestock, so there is an environmental benefit as well.

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"I think if we don't buy that time, there's a foregone conclusion that we will very shortly start going down the path of converting the plant or the real estate into a transfer station and I think most of us are very unhappy with that possibility, " Mr. Stein said.

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Evolution Resources wants to jump into the hot business of celluosic ethanol--converting otherwise useless plant material into fuel.

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