Like the beginning of every great science fiction movie, experts claim that they've discovered a cure for our fuel-dependency woes that only requires an army of genetically modified bacteria... that eat wheat straw and excrete crude oil. You read that right: scientists have created bugs which are able to snack on woodchips or sugar cane and produce waste in the form of easily malleable oil. Not only are the buggers capable of creating a byproduct which can quickly be refined into fuel for vehicles, but scientists say the process is carbon-negative -- it outputs less carbon than is required to produce it. Director of the project -- dubbed LS9 -- Greg Pal says that barrel prices could run as low as $50, and that the company plans to have a commercial facility producing the crude in 2011. And as for the potential threat of world-destroying attack from the mutant feeders? Says Pal, "We're putting these bacteria in a very isolated container: their entire universe is in that tank. When we're done with them, they're destroyed." Sure buddy -- but we're going to re-watch
Them! just in case.
posted June 16th 2008 10:31AM
mike_nyc : one comment. most car manufacturers have a Fuel Cell Car, not in production through
To clarify, the Honfa FCX Clarity is in production and available for Lease to people in SoCal for $600 a month for 36 months.
It is not a gimmick, like with a lot of other companies. When it comes to economy, Honda is one company that has put its money where its mouth is.
Search
fuel cell production car -honda
on google to see how many other companies have a production model out there.
this idea is retarted. A step backwards! smog will still exist.
i think before starting to breed millions of object eating bacteria, they should def figure out a way to contain them and if there ever is a breach of the bacteria they should have a solution/antidote for killing them quickly.
p.s. Eventually they would escape! and most likely mutate! so the experts better be ready for when it dos happen!
and when it happens ther better be a very quick way of neutralizing the lil buggers before they eat, destroy, mutate and possibly infect and kill their surroundings (and that would include infecting humans)! it literally could be the Plague that wipes out the world if their isnt a solid back up plan!
then again, windmills and less lightbulbs arnt exactly fueling billions of vehicles all over the world!
This has to be taken seriously and be considered as a possible solution to this huge fuel crisis that we're in at present!
i mean come 7 litres of unleaded petrol for £10 pound sterling! its getting ridiculous! i used to get 11.5 litres for 10quid! easily!!!!
I think its time the worlds goverments either donates a few million quid to the oil problem and helps reduce the price we pay for fuel or its time for scientists to earn they're wages.
Im fed up with the goverment spending all our taxes on other projects rather than spending our money on us! 3 most importnat categorys to date! Hospitals, Oil, education.
Building olyimpic stadiums and funding pointless projects does not help real life problems that occur every single day to every single person!
Footballers get paid millions of pounds every year! think of much of that money cums from the fans, the people, the public! why do we pay so much for merchandise and tickets. if every football player in the world took a 50 % wage cut for 1 month, and gave the cash to the taxpayer's desired destination how much cash would we have to spend! loads!! thats how much!