One of my last blogs was about the use of algae for the production of biofuel. Then I came across this photo article in Wired Magazine that sounds and looks really exciting.
Professor Pengchen (Patrick) Fu from the University of Hawaii has developed strains of cyanobacteria, the green gunk that grows in water, that feed on carbon dioxide and produce ethanol as waste. The most popular forms of ethanol are produced by farming techniques that can be expensive and time consuming. However, Fu’s method can make it within a few days using just water, sunlight and carbon dioxide. In other words, a completely clean, renewable energy source.
Professor Fu also believes it can be done for significantly less than the cost of gasoline.
So it it the future? Let’s hope so.
