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Article: The landmower's tale: new fuel.(Topsoe developing alternative to diesel fuel)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- March 11, 1995
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HALDOR TOPSOE is a happy man. A sprightly 82-year-old, he is renowned in Denmark for his outspoken views on industry, research, and how to combine the two. He learnt them from the great Dane of the century, Niels Bohr, and has kept alive the belief in far- sighted, open-minded research that the atomic theorist sought to foster when he guided Denmark's research after the second world war. The catalyst company that bears Mr Topsoe's name tries to live up to these ideals, and the new substitute for diesel fuel which it has recently developed may provide a successful example of the strategy; hence the happiness.
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