ethanol
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It is still unknown whether chimpanzees deliberately choose fruits with higher ethanol levels, which tend to be riper and richer in sugar that can ferment.
From Science Daily
Biofuels such as ethanol are often touted as a replacement for fossil fuels, but they can lead to deforestation as demand increases for the crop to burn to make the fuel.
From BBC
One of the compounds, acetic acid, had never before been definitively observed in space ice, while the others -- ethanol, methyl formate, and acetaldehyde -- were detected in ices outside the Milky Way for the first time.
From Science Daily
It is similar to ethanol, which is used for alcoholic drinks, but is cheaper and more toxic to humans because of the way it is processed by the body.
From BBC
“A 10% mixture in the fuel of the world’s entire maritime segment would require approximately 50 billion liters of ethanol annually,” Soybean and Corn Advisor’s Michael Cordonnier writes.
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