Energy production on Earth

Article View: sci.space

Article #6864

#6864

From: John Roberts
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 14:11

16 lines
1306 bytes

Regarding the utilization of energy sources on Earth, which was discussed
in the context of importing energy from space:

A report on the radio this morning described a genetically engineered
bacterium, in which two genes were spliced in to allow it to do a very
good job of converting complex carbohydrates (including celluose) into
ethanol. Evidently the project is far enough along that there are plans
to build a plant in New York, to produce 15(?) million gallons of ethanol
per year from paper mill sludge.

Now, let's hope the bacterium doesn't get loose in the environment, or 
that it requires something to live that's found only in the culture tanks. :-)

John Roberts
roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov

Technical Details

Message-ID: <C0C251.Cxz.1@cs.cmu.edu>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!rochester!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!rochester!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
From: roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Energy production on Earth
Message-ID: <C0C251.Cxz.1@cs.cmu.edu>
Date: 4 Jan 93 14:11:11 GMT
Sender: news+@cs.cmu.edu
Distribution: sci
Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology formerly National Bureau of Standards
Lines: 16
Approved: bboard-news_gateway
X-Added: Forwarded by Space Digest
Original-Sender: isu@VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU