BIOTECHNOLOGY OF CELLULOSIC ETHANOL VIDEO OF BIOTECHNOLOGY BACTERIA MAKE FUEL FROM GARBAGE G.M. SAYS COSKATA ETHANOL PROCESS WORKS

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Scientists have developed bacteria that can consume garbage including old tires and other waste, and create a fuel, cellulosic ethanol which can be used in automobiles. General Motors has examined the biotechnology of cellulosic ethanol using bacteria engineered at Oklahoma universities and G.M. says the bacterial creation of biofuel works. They say that Coskata in Illinois has developed a biochemical method using the bacteria to create a fuel, cellulosic ethanol, that can be made cheaply, certainly cheaper than current gasoline prices. Beside providing fuel for energy, cellulosic ethanol could help solve the problem of disposing of wastes. It's another example of how biotechnology and genetic engineering could create products for health,medicine and consumer applications


Biotechnology has of course, fantastic application to medicine and to our lives in general. By understanding the workings of biology and genetic engineering scientists and doctors can create new medicines. You have heard about the recent transformation of skin cells to what seem to be stem cells.



Watch this Video Explaining the Creation of Cellulosic Ethanol and What Coskata and GM Think They Have Discovered (Vinod Khosla is the Cofounder of Sun Microsystems and an Investor) Click the Arrow to Start