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Biomass Breakthrough : Ethanol from Plants Using Microbe

Posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 posted by posted by Mak @ 9:55 PM

Baystater’s are celebrating a biomass breakthrough in Springfield that could help soften their dependence on foreign oil. Their discovery creates ethanol from plants using a microbe found in the soil at the Quabbin Reservoir.Development has been in the works for three years under the leadership of Dr. Susan Leschine a professor of microbiology.Pilot plans call for Solutia to begin production later this year, creating the potential for hundreds of jobs.

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  In the beginning, there were algae,
but there was no oil Then, from algae came oil.
Now, the algae are still there, but oil is fast depleting
In future, there will be no oil, but there will still be algae  
So, doesn't it make sense to explore if we can again get oil from algae?
This is what we try to do at Oilgae.com - explore the potential of getting oil from algae