A biofuel startup in Illinois can make ethanol from just about anything organic for less than $1 per gallon, and it wouldn't interfere with food supplies, company officials said.
Guess we'll see if they can scale the process up. I think that is the problem with using bacteria to produce butanol, it works on a small scale but doesn't scale yet. BP is working on making butanol, so hopefully something will come out of that. Butanol is a lot better fuel than ethanol.
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Corn is about the worst choice for making ethanol, from efficiency, environmental, just about every perspective.
Couldn't agree more. The push for corn ethanol is a bit of a sham.
I wonder if one could make ethanol from dog and cat fur....
eta: Or dust bunnies.
I saw this head line this morning and my mind immediately assumed that 'Md.' was an abbreviation for 'Mad' which would have been awesome.
Md. Scientists Build Bacterial Chromosome
But alas, the 'Md.' stands for Maryland. Although Maryland is where the majority of mad scientists come from, the scientists in question appear to just be normally awesome.
Although Maryland is where the majority of mad scientists come from
With Skull Island running a distant second....
A bit?
Good point, it's more of a total and complete sham.
Ugh. I cannot find my umbrella. Don't wanna go to work. Wanna stay home and sip hot cocoa. Also, need some no mudslidema from griffith park.
Although Maryland is where the majority of mad scientists come from
Bwah! I'll have to remember to tell that to all my scientist friends here!
From PZ Myers:
A reader sent me an example of religious kitsch, but just to be on the safe side, I'm going to have to put it below the fold. There's nothing obscene about the work in question, but I dare you to look at it and not have wildly inappropriate thoughts skitter through your brain.
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Worksafe. In the sense that the item in question is made for children.
