Sunday, April 13, 2008

Cow Creating Biofuel

Miriam Sticklen has announced that she has used an enzyme from a cow's stomach to make a new strain of corn. Biofuels Journal reports:

“Cows, with help from bacteria, convert plant fibers, called cellulose, into energy, but this is a big step for biofuel production. Traditionally in the commercial biofuel industry, only the kernels of corn plants could be used to make ethanol, but this new discovery will allow the entire corn plant to be used — so more fuel can be produced with less cost…..Now, the sugars locked up in the plant’s leaves and stalk can be converted into usable sugar without expensive synthetic chemicals.”

Could this be the new fuel that we've been looking for, or is it just bull?

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