New microbe turns sugary seaweed into fuel

Chemistry World ^ | 19 January 2012 | Jon Evans

[neverdem]

An Engineered Microbial Platform for Direct Biofuel Production from Brown Macroalgae

If they're making money without any subsidies, go for it.

[Red Badger]

What a waste of good sushi!....

[null and void]

Paging George Nori...

[lurk]

Does this mean that all of our problems are solved?

[Red Badger]

E. Coli genes?........they better be careful.....

[null and void]

Does this mean that all of our problems are solved?

Only if we eat enough uni to preserve the kelp forests...

[bigbob]

This could have promise. The key to renewable fuels is to produce the feedstock cheaply, with low overhead and input costs, and on some resource that’s not already being used to produce something more valuable.

[Red_Devil 232]

We will soon have seaweed

BEER!

YUK!

[Razzz42]

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[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

slimy, slippery and unpleasant smelling - Oh, Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Cynthia McKinney, and Jim Clyburn.

“STAY OUT OF THE WATER”!

[taxesareforever]

Environmentalists will find a way to have this outlawed.

[neverdem]

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[PzLdr]

But can Willy smoke it?

[AFPhys]

I have learned to be very slow about any technology that claims to be “green”, “renewable”, “bio-fuel”, etc... however, this sounds to be a quite promising approach. I hope it works out, and that ethanol can be sold at a cost per unit energy less than gasoline.

[vpintheak]

That is what I was going to say. If its economical without huge subsidies, then go for it!

[RitchieAprile]

wrong seaweed. nori are made from green seaweed.

[null and void]

I know, but I couldn’t resist the Coast to Coast AM pun.

[Bellflower]

Isn’t common lake algae, the kind so many lakes are overrun with, a good source of biofuel? Seems like there was quite a bit about that several years ago.

[ApplegateRanch]

BAN FRANKENTHOL!

Just say “NO!” to FRANKENTHOL!

Don’t let Monsanto’s GM Frankenpoison pollute our oceans!

Protect the sea kittens!

/sarc

[DaveA37]

Send the seaweed to Mooooochelle, she can eat it and loose some weight. Maybe that fat rear would get down to something “normal”......Oh wait, that IS normal for her.