Bug shit in your tank

johnny · 06-16-2008, 09:19 PM

It's a crazy, crazy world!

FOXNews.com - Scientists Find Microbes That Eat Garbage, Excrete Crude Oil - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News

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"Ten years ago I could never have imagined I'd be doing this," says Greg Pal, 33, a former software executive, as he squints into the late afternoon Californian sun. "I mean, this is essentially agriculture, right? But the people I talk to — especially the ones coming out of business school — this is the one hot area everyone wants to get into."
He means bugs. To be more precise: the genetic alteration of bugs — very, very small bacteria — so that when they feed on agricultural waste such as wood chips or wheat straw, they do something extraordinary. They excrete crude oil.
Unbelievably, this is not science fiction. Pal holds up a small beaker of bug excretion that could, theoretically, be poured into the tank of the giant Lexus SUV next to us.
Not that Pal is willing to risk it just yet. He gives it a month before the first vehicle is filled up on what he calls "renewable petroleum." After that, he grins, "it's a brave new world."
Pal is a senior director of LS9, one of several companies in or near Silicon Valley that have spurned traditional high-tech activities such as software and networking and embarked instead on an extraordinary race to make $140-a-barrel oil from Saudi Arabia obsolete.
"All of us here — everyone in this company and in this industry — are aware of the urgency," Pal says.

Next thing you know they'll discover what makes my penis so huge.

sfustsh · 06-17-2008, 07:12 PM

Cool another way to fuel our oil addiction. That's just what we need.

TD · 06-17-2008, 07:25 PM

Hey if Dinosaurs can die and make it, why can't bugs shit it out?

Micloren · 06-17-2008, 11:03 PM

What bug shits out crude oil?

sfustsh · 06-18-2008, 02:03 PM

TED | Talks | Craig Venter: On the verge of creating synthetic life (video)

06-17-2008, 07:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
sfustsh Whale Hunter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Rocking the micros Posts: 4,546	Cool another way to fuel our oil addiction. That's just what we need. __________________ Carrera: fuck you as just above it means big bet. so again fuck off

06-17-2008, 07:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
TD School Fish Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Riding the Earth Posts: 237	Hey if Dinosaurs can die and make it, why can't bugs shit it out? __________________ sfustsh: I just assumed johnny's post were him getting busted by a shortstack...

06-18-2008, 02:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
sfustsh Whale Hunter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Rocking the micros Posts: 4,546	TED \| Talks \| Craig Venter: On the verge of creating synthetic life (video) __________________ Carrera: fuck you as just above it means big bet. so again fuck off

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