<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/85f38a78-81b7-4851-8724-3b5591bbb7b8/5C618D41-40EE-4478-948E-F828E0D5AD35/" 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"><P><MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="Single-celled organisms" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">Single-celled organisms</MASHLOGIC> that can convert electricity into methane could help solve one of the biggest problems with <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA c43071e2c4a1aff2f5a267e6cbf74299 MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="renewable energy" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-recent-headlines mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, Recent Headlines, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">renewable energy</MASHLOGIC> – its unreliability compared to the steady output of polluting fossil-fuel power stations.</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"><P>Wind power is capricious, while solar cell output drops off at night or on cloudy days. That fluctuating output poses big problems for electricity grids that rely on steady levels throughout the day. Proposals to deal with the <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="ups and downs" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">ups and downs</MASHLOGIC> of <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="green power" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">green power</MASHLOGIC> supply have included <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19325861.400-a-bank-for-wind-power.html">better batteries</A> or <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026771.600-renewable-energy-will-the-lights-stay-on.html" mashlogic-removed-href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026771.600-renewable-energy-will-the-lights-stay-on.html" mashlogic-unlinked-text="redesigning the electricity grid">redesigning the <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="electricity grid" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">electricity grid</MASHLOGIC></A>.</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"><P>An intriguing new idea involves "feeding" surplus power to the microorganisms instead, which combine it with <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA ymAHQYfVvAUvVL5bgVtc0A c43071e2c4a1aff2f5a267e6cbf74299 MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="carbon dioxide" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-techcrunch mashlink-recent-headlines mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, TechCrunch, Recent Headlines, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">carbon dioxide</MASHLOGIC> 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"><P>Logan is optimistic about the method's potential: "Commercial applications could be just a few years down the road," he says.</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/5C618D41-40EE-4478-948E-F828E0D5AD35/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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