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GE Microbes Make Ersatz Crude Oil From Many Sources

Posted by timothy on from the hey-I'm-crude-and-oily-so-clone-me dept.

polymath69 writes "According to The Times Online, genetically modified microbes have been developed capable of turning surplus material such as wood chips, sugarcane, or others, not into ethanol, but into a substance which could substitute directly for crude oil. They claim it could be sold for about $50/bbl, and the production process would be carbon negative."

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  1. I, for one... by Veggie13 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... welcome our microbial overlords.