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Teen's Biofuel Invention Turns Algae Into Fuel

Posted by samzenpus on from the muck-in-the-truck dept.

Lasrick writes "Evie Sobczak won a trip to Jet Propulsion Lab for her biofuel invention: 'For a fifth-grade science fair, Evie Sobczak found that the acid in fruit could power clocks; she connected a cut-up orange to a clock with wire and watched it tick. In seventh grade, she generated power by engineering paddles that could harness wind. And in eighth grade, she started a project that eventually would become her passion: She wanted to grow algae and turn it into biofuel.'"

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  1. LOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Evie Sobczak found that the acid in fruit could power clocks

    You mean she learned exactly how a battery works? OH SHI-

  2. Whew! That was close by fustakrakich · · Score: 5, Funny

    One more invention, and she would have been disqualified from any further participation

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    “He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”