Producing Gasoline With Metabolically-Engineered Microorganisms

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."

Comments

Sounds plausible

[Joce640k]

My poop already comes out black and tarry. Turning it into crude oil is the next logical step.

Re:Sounds plausible

[schneidafunk]

e. soylent coli, it's made from people!

Re:Sounds plausible

[Anonymous Coward]

My poop already comes out black and tarry. Turning it into crude oil is the next logical step.

Ah! A fellow Guinness drinker!

And let's not forget the wonderful gas!

I think we should have "energy farms" where we have a bunch of blokes with tubes up their arses, watching football, and drinking Guinness all day - and night.

The output is then piped to these wonderful little creatures and the energy problems of the World will be solved!

Re:Sounds plausible

[Anonymous Coward]

http://mcauslan.com/en/beers/oatmeal-stout/ + poutine will power quebec for decades to come.

Re:Sounds plausible

[ArcadeMan]

I think we should have "energy farms" where we have a bunch of blokes with tubes up their arses, watching football, and drinking Guinness all day - and night. The output is then piped to these wonderful little creatures and the energy problems of the World will be solved!

You might enjoy watching Aachi & Ssipak.

Re:Sounds plausible

[ColdWetDog]

We at the Slashdot Moderation Group do not have a sense of humor that we are aware of, ma'am.

Deadly Farts

[Anonymous Coward]

Can you imagine if an invasive form of e.coli that produces large amounts of alkanes displaced e.coli normally occupying the lower bowels? Farts would become much more entertaining!

Bucket seats could take on a new meaning as well...

Re:E.coli

[sjames]

I wouldn't go so far as to say competent, but a petri dish loaded with e. coli would be an improvement over many of our current politicians. At least the petri dish can only harm you if you ingest some of it.