Sweet, Sweet Biofuel Using GMOs

Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 14:40 in Mathematics & Economics

A new biofuel has been created from yeast and ordinary table sugar. The yeast produces oils and fats, known as lipids, that can be used in place of petroleum-derived products.  It has something everyone can love. And hate. It's a biofuel, which environments love, but the yeast has been genetically optimized, which environments hate. And it uses table sugar, which will make Mark Bittman and New York Times readers recoil in diet fad horror. read more

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