Newspaper to gasoline substitute? Can this bacteria eat all the excess cardboard too?
source: http://earth911.com/news/2011/08/26/cars-could-run-on-recycled-newspaper/
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- attilatheblond
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Yeah, we do need to kick the car habit, but it is gonna take time to transition. Yeah, I know we don't have time, but I can't wiggle my nose and make it all better by Monday morning. In the meantime, recyclers are sitting on mountains of cardboard and there is a bacteria that eats cellulose, turning it into butanol, which is a bio fuel.
Our town can't find recyclers to take the cardboard people put in the bin, and we are a very tiny town. They have more than they can deal with and even a small village like where I live is stacking up bales of cardboard. Might this cellulose munching bacteria be a help for the backlog of cardboard that needs to be recycled?
Our town can't find recyclers to take the cardboard people put in the bin, and we are a very tiny town. They have more than they can deal with and even a small village like where I live is stacking up bales of cardboard. Might this cellulose munching bacteria be a help for the backlog of cardboard that needs to be recycled?
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Frosty46
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Sounds like a great concept--too bad the lobbyists will not allow our politicians to fund research on anything that may cut into the OIL lobby.
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Frosty46
