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minus-squareGsus4@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·23 days ago In many ways, “the shipworm is kind of a tiny, natural model for a big cellulosic ethanol plant,” Distel says. Understanding how it functions can aid in the production of renewable liquid fuel from agricultural and paper waste, he says.