The Next Generation of Biofuels

Companies are poised to go commercial with gasoline substitutes made from grass, algae and the ultimate source: engineered microorganisms

Once the next generation of biofuels becomes available, you could swing by the local energy station and fill up on a liquid that is virtually identical to gasoline. It would be made by U.S. companies, not shipped from the Middle East. And even though biofuels release carbon dioxide when they are burned, the organisms they are made from draw an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide from the air—making biofuels essentially carbon-neutral. Full Story »

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Norman Rogers
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by Norman Rogers - Apr. 21, 2009

The Scientific American has a long history of leftist activism. I've read documents from the fuel from algae project that was killed by Clinton. It is interesting. However the gee whiz approach is not justified.

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