LONDON (Reuters) – British and Finnish scientists have found a way of generating renewable propane using a bacterium widely found in the human intestine and say the finding is a step to commercial production of a fuel that could one day be an alternative to fossil fuel reserves. “Although we have only produced tiny amounts so far, the fuel we have produced is ready to be used in an engine straight away,” said Patrik Jones of the department of life sciences at Imperial College London, who worked on the research. He said while work is at a very early stage, possibly 5-10 years from the point where commercial production would be possible, his team’s findings were proof of concept for a way of producing renewable fuel now only accessible from fossil reserves. Propane is an inherently clean burning fuel due to its lower carbon content.
Scientists Use E.coli Bacteria To Create Fossil Fuel Alternative
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Tue, 09/02/2014 - 8:29am
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