Tell the Middle East to Burn in...

[JeremySS]

If this works, it would give us the tools to tell the Middle East to burn in their own oil. If true the implications of this little engineered organism will be nothing short of revolutionary.

Mass. company making diesel with sun, water, CO2 - Yahoo! News

 

[kevinj110]

While this would be a great way for us to gain "independence" from the middle eastern oil gurus, I see it going the way of most other ideas/products like it. Company gets bought and parted out or the minds behind it get paid or made to forget all about it.

 

[JeremySS]

While this would be a great way for us to gain "independence" from the middle eastern oil gurus, I see it going the way of most other ideas/products like it. Company gets bought and parted out or the minds behind it get paid or made to forget all about it.

You may be right. They still have some technical issues that will have to be worked out during scale up as well that will require more working capital. I sure do wish I could get my hands on the genetic sequence used to modify the cyanobacterium to produce the hydrocarbons. I bet that is a tightly guarded secret that will also disappear with the company.

 

[Leadeye]

I'll wait until this gets further down the track before making a judgement. Lots of energy deals like "cold fusion" have come and gone.

 

[1911Shooter]

There are many of these type things that come out every year and they all are made to fall and disappear due to the control of the oil companies. I really wish someone that had these great ideas wouldnt just take the money and run.

 

[Benny]

While this would be a great way for us to gain "independence" from the middle eastern oil gurus, I see it going the way of most other ideas/products like it. Company gets bought and parted out or the minds behind it get paid or made to forget all about it.

This...Unfortunately.

 

[JeremySS]

There are many of these type things that come out every year and they all are made to fall and disappear due to the control of the oil companies. I really wish someone that had these great ideas wouldnt just take the money and run.

It's too bad they will not publish the genetic sequence used, then it is a simple matter of transfection of the bacterium and harvesting the product. I wish they would even publish it as part of a patent, just so it would not die when the company gets bought out or otherwise silenced.

 

[Benny]

It's too bad they will not publish the genetic sequence used, then it is a simple matter of transfection of the bacterium and harvesting the product. I wish they would even publish it as part of a patent, just so it would not die when the company gets bought out or otherwise silenced.

Then they wouldn't get paid.

 

[Cherryspringer]

I believe if anyone tries to take a dollar of sales away from big business in America they will be crushed. Corporate America has no room for logic or thoughts of long term environmental impact. all that matters here is the bottom line and the only way this could work is if all of the revenue goes to the oil industry. Capitalism unregulated is awesome.

 

[theweakerbrother]

 

[Calvin]

I don't care who buys or owns it, this is something that needs to be done. It doesn't use food production and it doesn't use oil from unstable parts of the world.

 

[ATOMonkey]

Like he said, getting the "fuel" out of the water is the big bugaboo. It'll take energy to do that, and you might end up with a net loser. We'll see though.

There are many ways to "dry out" fuel.