Dan Mori was one of those fellows who was doing something all the time. He got a few more years of good use from a K-model International Harvester pick-up truck by transplanting the engine and transmission from a Ford Thunderbird into the old truck.

First facility to efficiently convert bioenergy crops to cellulosic ethanol opens
Leaders from DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol (DDCE), University of Tennessee, Genera Energy and Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen cut the ribbon on one of the world’s first cellulosic ethanol demonstration facilities, located in Vonore, Tennessee. The 74,000-square-foot plant has started producing ethanol and will deliver low-cost, fully integrated technology for commercial production of ethanol from agricultural residue and bioenergy crops, including corncobs and switchgrass.