TITLE

4. Fourth-generation biofuels

PUB. DATE
December 2008
SOURCE
New Statesman;12/22/2008, Vol. 137/138 Issue 4928-4930, p37
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
In this article the author discusses a claim made by geneticist Craig Venter that by 2009 he would create an organism that would aid in the production of clean energy. The event is cited as the number four reason to celebrate the arrival of the year 2009 in a list of 30 compiled by the magazine. The organism would feed on greenhouse gases and produce octane fuels as waste.
ACCESSION #
35773352

Tags: VENTER, J. Craig, 1946-;  GREENHOUSE gases;  POWER resources -- Environmental aspects;  ORGANISMS;  GENETICISTS

 

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