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Organism Uses Solar Energy to Produce Hydrogen

Posted by timothy on from the beans-could-power-a-methane-economy dept.

Stan Freeman writes "CNET is reporting that Stanford University researchers have discovered a soil microorganism that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. They are trying to adapt this naturally occurring anaerobic organism into one that can survive in a more normal environment. There is some more information on biological water splitting here on the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) web site."

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  1. Quote from CNN: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    From the CNN article:
    President Bush condemned the organism as Satan spawn and a means to slash oil profits. He is pushing forward a motion which will declare the organism as "un-American" and "bad for daddy's business."
  2. Re:Did anyone else read ... by Fr05t · · Score: -1, Troll

    Maybe this is why the current US administration is against environmentally friendly energy sources.