Biofuel bugs

Listen to this extended radio story about biofuels bugs. (MP3 download)

Ethanol and soy biodiesel are all over the news these days, and flex-fuel and hybrid vehicles are becoming more and more popular as prices at the pump rise. Someday, organisms called cyanobacteria -- which can be converted into biodiesel when exposed to the sun -- may be fueling our vehicles.

Radio interview source: Bruce Rittmann, director, Biodesign Institute's Center for Environmental Biotechnology

For more information, visit the following links:

Bacteria for biofuel: Learn how cyanobacteria can be turned into biodiesel, using otherwise unusable land like the deserts of Arizona.

ASU, BP team up on renewable biodiesel fuel: Less than the size of a pollen grain, cyanobacteria can be optimized to produce a renewable source of biodiesel. Learn about the research going on in this field.

A day at the ethanol plant: Learn about a more popular form of biofuel, ethanol, in this slideshow from Agriculture Online.