Life Forms that Feed on CO2 Are Next Step for Genome Mapper
By Carol Gulyas
Craig Venter, who mapped his own genome and jump-started the biotechnology business, announced this week that he is turning his attention to the creation of fourth-generation fuels — life forms that feed on CO2 and generate methane fuel as waste. The challenge, according to Venter, is not in creating the organisms to consume CO2, which already exist, it is extracting the CO2 in quantities large enough to create a fuel supply. Venter presented his ideas this week at the influential Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) conference. You can watch is presentation at this link.
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