renewable – wastedmonkeys http://wastedmonkeys.com Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:33:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 Bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol http://wastedmonkeys.com/bugs-that-eat-waste-and-excrete-petrol/ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:33:32 +0000 http://wastedmonkeys.wordpress.com/?p=416 Silicon Valley is experimenting with bacteria that have been genetically altered to provide ‘renewable petroleum’. Genetic alteration of very, very small bugs makes it possible for them to feed on agricultural waste such as woodchips or wheat straw and excrete crude oil.

Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol

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