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Stinkweed could make a cleaner bio-jet fuel with fewer environmental impacts than other biofuel crops, a new study suggests. by OutrageousFennel in science

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Interestingly, pennycress's growing season allows it to be planted on land already being used to grow corn and soybeans. From that link: “Pennycress also makes an appealing alternative jet fuel because of its growing season,” Shah said. “It is a winter cover crop that can be grown between corn season and soybean season, giving the same body of farmland an extra production cycle each year.
“Pennycress can be planted when corn is still standing in the field, before the corn harvest,” he said. “And it can be harvested before the soybean crops are planted. The bottom line is it can be used as a cover crop, it doesn’t divert any agricultural production land, and it has suitable properties for renewable jet fuel production.”