Posts Tagged ‘bugs’
Friday, October 17th, 2008
The Forests of the Earth are the lungs of the planet. Today we need them more
than ever to breath in and absorb the excess emissions of carbon dioxide.
As CO2 levels in the atmosphere are rising, the forests of the world are falling.
20,000 square miles, the size of W. Virginia are lost every year due to
deforestation. Which accounts for a forth of all excess green house emissions.
We need to reverse the cycle. To replace the worlds disappearing forests, we
need to replant an area twice the size of Manhattan every single day. Today’s (more…)
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
What is the purpose of termites?…
Those incredibly destructive little creatures have the potential to benefit
humans in the production of biofuels. Or more precisely, the bacteria in
their stomachs. Termites process the wood they ingest in a series of stomachs,
each with a distinct set of bacteria. Those bugs within bugs release enzymes
that break down cellulose, the sugar chains in wood, into acetate, a fatty
acid that provides the termite’s energy. Scientists with the Joint Genome
Institute at the U.S. Department of Energy, hope to develop a process to
harness the power of these bacteria on an industrial scale to break cellulose
down into ethanol and provide biofuel without using food crops as a source. (more…)
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
You know, the feeling of the oil companies and car companies in cohoots
together is getting bigger by the day.
What if the car manufacturers have been figuring out how to produce cheap
hydrogen vehicles all the while pouring expensive hybrids into the market to
work out the bugs of their future energy efficient vehicles. Meanwhile, the big
oil companies are currently using the money they gouge from us to plan conversion
of the gas station into hydrogen stations and stockpiling of hydrogen reserves,
figuring out transportation methods which would be the about same as present day
chemicals and gas.
The car manufacaturers are awaiting the go ahead from big oil for the
day of conversion to announce their cheap hydrogen vehicles.
Then add insult to injury, the rich keep getting richer…
You know that this is possible. Is anyone out there thinking the same?????
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