Could New Fuel Come From Bug Poop?

[GWguy]

Could New Fuel Come From Bug Poop? - Automotive News Story - WRC | Washington

LS9, Inc., a privately-held industrial biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, specializes in the genetic alteration of bugs -- single-cell organisms, each a fraction of a billionth the size of an ant -- so that when they feed on agricultural waste like woodchips or wheat straw, they excrete crude oil.

 

[Kain99]

Hmmm... That doesn't sound feasible. You'd need a billion bugs to get one gallon of oil.

 

[GWguy]

Hmmm... That doesn't sound feasible. You'd need a billion bugs to get one gallon of oil.

Didn't say it was practical yet, just an interesting concept. But just think... if you bio-engineer bugs to do this, then we could redesign the human race to produce their own fuel.... We could have fuel factories full of Jabba the Huts doing nothing but producing fuel! Or you could have a commode instead of that luxury leather seat in your car... you'd never run out of gas!

 

[Kain99]

Didn't say it was practical yet, just an interesting concept. But just think... if you bio-engineer bugs to do this, then we could redesign the human race to produce their own fuel.... We could have fuel factories full of Jabba the Huts doing nothing but producing fuel! Or you could have a commode instead of that luxury leather seat in your car... you'd never run out of gas!

That is truly disturbing.