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Gas for the greenhouse

For big oil companies, carbon dioxide is waste; for people who grow fruit, it's a valuable commodity. Ned Stafford reports on a marriage of convenience in the Netherlands.

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Gas for the greenhouse. Nature 442, 499 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/442499a

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