Break through in BioFuels

My husband, Alex, said that economy needs a revolutionary technology, like automobiles, computers, internet, or mobile phones, to jolt us out of this depression. I am hopeful that something will come along soon.

Last week, ASU made an announcement regarding a major breakthrough at Dr. Roy Curtiss' lab at the BioDesign at ASU. Along with his post-doc, Xinyao Liu, Dr. Curtiss has been able to genetically modify cyanobacteria to release fatty acids into the water when CO2 is removed from their environment. This would mean less cost in processing the bacteria for the fats that will be used as fuel.

http://asunews.asu.edu/20110526_biofuelprocess

Though it might be a while before this particular technology becomes commercially viable, I am holding out hope that biofuels may be the technology that will revolutionize the way we live and will be what Arizona needs to grow our economy.