Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Biofuel Bugs

Genetically modified microbes are the new big thing in biofuels. Some university labs and high-tech startups say they’ve engineered organisms that can make fuels like ethanol and diesel from just sunlight and CO2. They’re called direct solar liquid fuels, and the potential for these tiny fuel pumps is already firing up the biofuels business.


Audio: PRI's Living On Earth, Host: Jeff Young.

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