Silicon Valley is experimenting with bacteria
that have been genetically altered to provide 'renewable petroleum'...
"Ten years ago I could never have imagined I'd be
doing this," says Greg Pal, 33, a former software
executive, as he squints into the late afternoon
Californian sun. "I mean, this is essentially
agriculture, right? But the people I talk to
especially the ones coming out of business school
this is the one hot area everyone wants to get into."
He means bugs. To be more precise: the genetic
alteration of bugs very, very small ones so
that when they feed on agricultural waste such as
woodchips or wheat straw, they do something
extraordinary. They excrete crude oil.
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