Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol
June 14, 2008


Silicon Valley is experimenting with bacteria that have been genetically altered to provide 'renewable petroleum'


Unbelievably, this is not science fiction. Mr Pal holds up a small beaker of bug excretion that could, theoretically, be poured into the tank of the giant Lexus SUV next to us. Not that Mr Pal is willing to risk it just yet. He gives it a month before the first vehicle is filled up on what he calls “renewable petroleum”. After that, he grins, “it’s a brave new world”.

Mr Pal is a senior director of LS9, one of several companies in or near Silicon Valley that have spurned traditional high-tech activities such as software and networking and embarked instead on an extraordinary race to make $140-a-barrel oil (£70) from Saudi Arabia obsolete. “All of us here – everyone in this company and in this industry, are aware of the urgency,” Mr Pal says.

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If we allow our industry to do what they do (and the article suggests many are) using the technology we have - we can come up with unlimited resources - WITHOUT LAWS, TREATIES, or threats and intimidation, without increased costs and taxes. We can do, we have the ability, we have the technology to make it work ... just help when needed, and stay out of the way.






Science NOT Gore