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Michael Scharf, an assistant professor of entomology at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and his colleague Aurélien Tartar describe the way that the enzymes produces by termites and the micro-organisms living inside them, or their “symbionts” could help the scientists produce ethanol from straw or wood by providing some basic chemical processes.

Recently inspired by public demand and by the conversions made by third party companies to make it a plug-in hybrid, Toyota seriously intends to equip their cars with various fueling systems, so you can charge the batteries at night.

Algenol CEO Paul Woods said Thursday that the ethanol produced at the farm will cost $1 less than today’s gasoline, that is about $3/gallon.

I guess everybody’s complaining about the skyrocketing oil prices these days. This trend is expected to be worse, and it’s expected to reduce the people’s gasoline consumption by big figures. That can be to the benefit of the environment, on one hand, but on the other hand it can be terrifying for the general public, [...]

Here we go again. A few weeks ago I wrote an article about some scientists inventing a way to modify the DNA of a bacteria to produce hydrogen. Ok, I didn’t fully agree with that - considering that bacteria is an extremely small microorganism, and you don’t know what ecological disaster it might produce when [...]