1. BIOFUELS:
Making ethanol 'lemonade' out of bruised peaches and orange scraps

The self-proclaimed "Tastier Peach State," otherwise known as South Carolina, may be on the cusp of taking its luscious, plentiful resource and putting a form of it into your car's gas tank. South Carolina harvests more than 200 million pounds of peaches a year. But about 10 percent are discarded because they are bruised or damaged. Researchers at Clemson University decided to try to tap this waste and have discovered a way that rotten peaches can be turned into a biofuel. Go to story #1

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