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29 David King, “The Future of Industrial Biorefineries,” World EconomicForum, 2010.30 Antonio Regalado, “Searching for Biofuel’s Sweet Spot,” TechnologyReview, April 2010. Posted online at:http://www.technologyreview.in/energy/24979/31 Ibid.32 John Melo, Nasdaq CEO Shareholder series, Video Interview, September2010. Available online at: http://www.shareholder.com/visitors/event/build2/mediapresentation.cfm?companyid=NSDSIG&mediaid=44068&mediauserid=4760447&player=233 The phrase “Saudi Arabia of biomass” occurs in many places, usually as aspurious claim by local forest industry interests. See, for example, claims inJoe Belanger, “Canada poised to become the Saudi Arabia of biomassenergy,” conference told, London Free Press, March 11, 2009. Archivedonline at: http://checkbiotech.org/node/2508134 See Elizabeth A. 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Posted online at: http://www.icis.com/Articles/2007/02/12/4500686/bio-based-chemicals-sales-climb-withenvironmentalissues.html53 BIOtech-Now.org, “Green Is Good: Industrial Biotechnology MakesHeadway with Renewable Alternatives”, 18 August, 2010. Available onlineat: http://biotech-now.org/section/industrial/2010/08/18/greengood-industrial-biotechnology-makes-headway-renewable-alternatives54 “U.S. Biobased Products, Market Potential and Projections Through2025,” Office of the Chief Economist, Office of Energy Policy and NewUses, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Prepared jointly by the Office ofEnergy Policy and New Uses, the Center for Industrial Research andService of Iowa State University, Informa Economics, MichiganBiotechnology Institute, and The Windmill Group. OCE-2008-1.55 “Bio-renewable Chemicals Emerge as the Building Blocks of theChemical Industry, Finds Frost & Sullivan,” Press release, Frost & Sullivan17 Mar 2009. 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