Some of the more interesting articles I've found in my years of browsing Popular Science (http://www.popsci.com) have been related to the very subject I'm discussing on An Alternative Approach. One of my favorites is the design of bacteria to produce fuel: http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2008-04/breeding-oil-bug.
Expanding on that article allowed me to find what I consider to be an even better alternative. Instead of sugar, these bacteria convert carbon dioxide into isobutanol, an alternative to gasoline. It seems to be the perfect solution. Carbon dioxide emissions will always be involved with fossil fuels, and yet they are a hazard to our environment. As an environmental geoscientist, I'm concerned not only with finding a limitless energy resource, but finding one that helps the environment. The article in which I viewed this alternative is posted below.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091210162222.htm
Expanding on that article allowed me to find what I consider to be an even better alternative. Instead of sugar, these bacteria convert carbon dioxide into isobutanol, an alternative to gasoline. It seems to be the perfect solution. Carbon dioxide emissions will always be involved with fossil fuels, and yet they are a hazard to our environment. As an environmental geoscientist, I'm concerned not only with finding a limitless energy resource, but finding one that helps the environment. The article in which I viewed this alternative is posted below.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091210162222.htm
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