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Pumpkin Power

Reuters reports…

Palm and pumpkin seed oil could soon be generating electricity to help power mobile phone networks across Africa under a plan to replace fossil fuels with sustainable biofuels made from crops grown by local farmers.

You read that correctly, Ericsson and South African cellphone operator MTN stated this week that they want to start replacing diesel with biofuels in electricity generating stations powering mobile phone base stations in rural Africa.

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