Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Genetically Modified Green Algae Has Future Potential

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Algae-in-a-vat may power the future

Genetically modified green algae could one day produce stored energy in the form of hydrogen gas, say Australian researchers, fuelling a hydrogen economy.

Associate Professor Ben Hankamer of the University of Queensland and colleagues report they have increased the sunlight-capturing efficiency of algae that can pump out hydrogen.

If successfully scaled up, the researchers say this could complement or be an alternative to our present carbon-based economy.

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Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again

1 comment:

  1. Algae is an excellent source of biofuel as it is. It doesn't need some GMO dimwits with university degrees messing around with its genes. If you don't understand life as a whole (too complicated), don't mess with parts of it. We need to preserve existing species in nature which took millions of years to evolve, not introduce new freaky ones.

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