MadSci Network: Environment & Ecology |
Genes that code for an oil, like soy bean oil, when introduced into a single cell plant, would produce a fuel suitable for vehicles. How big of a "bio-solar collector" would I need for my vehicle? I've heard that hydrogen is produced this way, but I don't like hydrogen as a fuel. It seems that ethanol produced from corn is wildly inefficient. The corn only grows a few months out of the year, only the sugar is used, yeast are inefficient, and fuel is used to seperate the ethanol from the water, etc... Could this single cell plant be made to secrete the oil, which would then seperate itself, from the growth medium(water)? About how big would my personal fuel pond need to be?
Re: Genetically engineered plant produces fuel. What yield?
Try the links in the MadSci Library for more information on Environment & Ecology.