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This is about biofuel or alternative fuel to petroleum or diesel and where to find it. Ethanol can be made from corn or any starchy food. Starting from grinding the corn to a fine granular consistency to expose its kernel and starch matter, a long process of distilling takes place to make beer-like alcohol which is further distilled to make Ethanol. But imagine this scenario. Is starchy food the only way Ethanol can be made? How about other alcoholic substances which intoxicate a person when overly consumed. When I was a child trying to imitate adults I chewed some betel leaves with tobacco. I got very intoxicated because the tobacco I had put in the bite was too much. If tobacco is intoxicating, then we must be able to make an alcohol spirit from it. Then can’t it be used to brew biofuels? I am sure ethanol or any other kind of biofuel can be brewed from tobacco. With genetic engineering, a tobacco plant variety can be researched to get the optimum amount of alcohol. According to wh