60 minutes. An unlikely inventor

60 minutes. An unlikely inventor / produced by Sarah Koch, Chrissy Jones.

A report on Marshall Medoff, a former Boston lawyer who discovered a new innovative method of turning inedible plant-life into fuel. Without a science background, the 81-year-old eccentric found a way to extract energy from sugar-rich cellulose, the most abundant biological material on earth. With t...

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Other Authors: Stahl, Lesley (Interviewer), Jones, Chrissy (Producer), Koch, Sarah (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2019.
Subjects:
Energy industries > United States.
Biomass energy > United States.
interviews.
Television news programs.
Interviews.
Téléjournaux.
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Summary:A report on Marshall Medoff, a former Boston lawyer who discovered a new innovative method of turning inedible plant-life into fuel. Without a science background, the 81-year-old eccentric found a way to extract energy from sugar-rich cellulose, the most abundant biological material on earth. With this, his company Xyleco has been able to produce a low-calorie sugar, biodegradable plastics, and clean transportation fuel. Includes interviews with: Craig Masterman, MIT chemistry graduate and first employee of Xyleco; Robert Armstrong, former head of MIT chemical engineer/ Xyleco board of directors; Xyleco board of directors: Sir John Jennings, former Shell oil executive, Steve Chu, former Department of Energy, George Shultz, former Secretary of State, and William Perry, former Defense Secretary.
Physical Description:1 online resource (14 minutes)
Playing Time:00:13:15
Participant or Performer:Reporter, Lesley Stahl.
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Title from title screen (viewed March 08, 2024).
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:This broadcast from June 23, 2019 ; original segment broadcast on January 6, 2019.

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