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Biofuel is defined as fuel derived from biological materials, including materials from organisms that died relatively recently and from the metabolic by-products of living organisms. They include wood, vegetable oils, animal fats, and animal manure. By contrast, fossil fuels, such as coal and petroleum, are derived from long-dead biological materials that have been transformed by geological processes.

In principle, biofuels can be obtained from any biological carbon source, but the most common sources are photosynthetic plants. A number of

agricultural crops are being grown specifically for biofuel production, including corn, switchgrass, soybean, sugar beet, sugarcane, sorghum, and jatropha. They are known as agrofuels. In addition, recent technology developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory allows for the conversion of pollution into renewable biofuel.