Microorganism: Sunlight + CO2 = Methane storage of solar energy (80% efficient)


	Microorganism: Sunlight + CO2 = Methane storage of solar energy (80% efficient)

adamfalls

4-6-2009 11:07 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5d315275-c0ee-4121-a3e5-13f3b52e32fb/4B516D0A-670A-4119-8C85-AA06D21B0085/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16902-bug-eats-electricity-farts-biogas.html" href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16902-bug-eats-electricity-farts-biogas.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16902-bug-eats-electricity-farts-biogas.html"><DIV class="floatleft" id="hldhdLogoName">
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Bug eats electricity, farts biogas
</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16902-bug-eats-electricity-farts-biogas.html"><P>An intriguing new idea involves "feeding" surplus power to the microorganisms instead, which combine it with carbon dioxide to create methane. That could then be stored and burned when needed. The method is sustainable too, as the carbon is taken from the atmosphere, not released from long-term storage in oil or coal.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16902-bug-eats-electricity-farts-biogas.html">There are no noble metals involved, so it should be very cheap</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16902-bug-eats-electricity-farts-biogas.html">Of the energy put into the system as electricity, 80% was eventually recovered when the methane was burned – a fairly high efficiency.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16902-bug-eats-electricity-farts-biogas.html"><P>If the CO<SUB>2</SUB> used to make the methane was captured from <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19726446.200-crystal-sponges-capture-carbon-emissions.html">the flue pipes of power stations</A> or even – using more complex methods – <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126901.200-can-technology-clear-the-air.html"> from the open air</A>, the methane would become a carbon-neutral fuel.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16902-bug-eats-electricity-farts-biogas.html">What I like about this method is it's simple, it's replicable and it's scalable."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16902-bug-eats-electricity-farts-biogas.html"><P>Journal reference: <A target="ns" href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es803531g"><I>Environmental Science & Technology</I> (DOI: 10.1021/es803531g)</A></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4B516D0A-670A-4119-8C85-AA06D21B0085/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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