Producing Gasoline With Metabolically-Engineered Microorganisms

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 30, 2013 @03:50AM from the gunk-to-gallons dept.

An anonymous reader writes "For many decades, we have been relying on fossil resources to produce liquid fuels such as gasoline, diesel, and many industrial and consumer chemicals for daily use. However, increasing strains on natural resources as well as environmental issues including global warming have triggered a strong interest in developing sustainable ways to obtain fuels and chemicals. A Korean research team led by Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) reported, for the first time, the development of a novel strategy for microbial gasoline production through metabolic engineering of E. coli."

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Re:idiot by h4rr4r · 2013-09-30 04:37 · Score: 0, Flamebait

This is no different than car insurance.
For the same reason you should be required to have both. Not having it is simply you taxing me without my consent by using resources and making me pay for them.