Fungus to power cars? hell yeah!
You’ve heard of corn blended into fuel, or dirty vegetable cooking oil being filtered and dumped into special engines. But, the answer to an evolving fossil fuel problem be deep in the Patagonian rainforest.
Researchers at Montana State University discovered a fungus burrowing in the branches of a South American tree which produces a type of biodiesel fuel.
The fungus, Gliocladium roseum, came back with Professor Gary Strobel in 2002 when he collected the tree branches in the rainforest. Researchers found that under limited-oxygen conditions, the fungus will produce gaseous compounds similar to those of diesel. Strobel dubbed the diesel substance “myco-diesel.”
Biodiesel is a clean-burning substance produced from animal fats, plants, or vegetable oils. Compared to petroleum-produced diesel, biodiesel significantly reduces the emissions of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, sulfates, particulate matter and other harmful gases.
Biodiesel also cuts back on greenhouse gases, namely, Carbon Dioxide. B100, or diesel that is 100 percent made from biodiesel and not blended with regular diesel, is thought to reduce carbon dioxide by 75 percent, according to the Department of Energy.
Strobel and his team are studying the genetics of the fungus to better understand the plant’s diesel-making properties.
Who knows, someday there truly may be ‘a fungus among us’.
homad 2:45 am on November 20, 2008 Permalink
and the list goes on
Glad the major scientists are catching onto the fact that these types of organisms are the “smartest” on the planet and will soon enough be incorporated more into computer chips and furthermore utilize nano technology. Nano orgonite has been created now! as I knew it would be. Read more at warriormatrix.com if you like. Sensei Dennis crushed up 2 lbs. of lemurian seed crystals (ooooof!) he says he never wants to do that again, understandably. The movie Swordfish deals with the issue of “the greater good”.