Are Microbes The Answer To The Energy Crisis?

Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - 20:21 in Physics & Chemistry

The answer to the looming fuel crisis in the 21st century may be found by thinking small, microscopic in fact. Microscopic organisms from bacteria and cyanobacteria, to fungi to microalgae, are biological factories that are proving to efficient sources of inexpensive, environmentally friendly biofuels that can serve as alternatives to oil.

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