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Researcher: Discovery could end energy crisis
The Tifton Gazette ^ | 3/17/2008 | Jana Cone

Posted on 03/18/2008 7:25:31 PM PDT by Borneo1

TIFTON — A Tifton agricultural researcher says he has found the solution to the world’s energy crisis through genetic modification and cloning of bacterial organisms that can convert bio-mass into hydrocarbons on a grand scale. The local researcher believes his groundbreaking discovery could result in the production of 500 to 1,000 barrels of hydrocarbon fuel per day from the initial production facility. The hydrocarbon fuel — commonly known as oil or fossil fuel when drilled — will require no modification to automobiles, oil pipelines or refineries as they exist today and could forever end the United States’ dependence on foreign oil, he said.

J.C. Bell, who brought the world powdered peanut butter, has spent the last four years, identifying the bacteria that produces hydrocarbon and then finding a way to genetically alter it so that it could produce hydrocarbon in greater volume.

(Excerpt) Read more at tiftongazette.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agriculture; biomass; energy; energypolicy; georgia; hydrocarbons
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An agricultural researcher says he has found the solution to the world's energy crisis. It sounds as if he may be on to something. He is beginning to get government support from the military and government officials. Read the whole story for more information.
1 posted on 03/18/2008 7:25:31 PM PDT by Borneo1
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To: cripplecreek; AuntB

It would be awesome if true.


2 posted on 03/18/2008 7:28:36 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Those in the national Republican leaderhip do the work of three men- Moe, Larry, and Curly.)
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To: Borneo1

We’ll never be able to solve our energy problems until we learn to freeze heat. We could freeze it in the summer to cool our homes, and then thaw it out in the winter. /s


3 posted on 03/18/2008 7:29:07 PM PDT by wolfpat (If you don't like the Patriot Act, you're really gonna hate Sharia Law.)
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To: Borneo1

Hope so. Never underestimate man’s ingenuity when there is a buck to be made - shows that the capitalistic model is still the best.


4 posted on 03/18/2008 7:29:29 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Nope. Not gonna do it.)
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To: Borneo1

Drill


5 posted on 03/18/2008 7:30:34 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida (Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar & we can join OPEC!!! || Write in Thomas Sowell for President.)
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To: Borneo1

wairz Tifton?


6 posted on 03/18/2008 7:30:45 PM PDT by gusopol3
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To: Borneo1

Interesting


7 posted on 03/18/2008 7:30:52 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Borneo1

The most important fact is not yet know: how much would the finished product cost to produce?


8 posted on 03/18/2008 7:31:06 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: Borneo1

Theres this guy, somewhere in the midwest, he invented a car that runs on air...but the big oil companies found out and bought him out. Now they’re sitting on that invention, and won’t allow anyone to use it. And if the guy talks, they’ll kill him

< /urban legend>


9 posted on 03/18/2008 7:31:25 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat ((I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!))
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To: Borneo1

Well, anyone who invents powdered peanut butter is definitely thinking outside the box.... WAY outside the box.


10 posted on 03/18/2008 7:32:09 PM PDT by OCC
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To: Borneo1

Sounds promising, he didn’t say how much it would cost and seemed to imply that methane gas was the fuel it produced.


11 posted on 03/18/2008 7:32:09 PM PDT by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: gusopol3

Georgia? Down around peanut country.


12 posted on 03/18/2008 7:33:02 PM PDT by davetex (My tagline has been placed on the disabled list.)
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To: gusopol3

Georgia


13 posted on 03/18/2008 7:33:11 PM PDT by kralcmot (my tagline died with Terri)
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.

We could become a net importer of the world’s garbage ~ for starters!


14 posted on 03/18/2008 7:33:39 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Clintonfatigued

Solid sewage could be converted to hydrocarbons. It soulds like the next best thing to a Mr. Fusion.


15 posted on 03/18/2008 7:33:55 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: wolfpat
We’ll never be able to solve our energy problems until we learn to freeze heat. We could freeze it in the summer to cool our homes, and then thaw it out in the winter. /s

I have been working on that problem ...so far Ive been able to good bad and bad good .Also I have had positive results with cooling warm

16 posted on 03/18/2008 7:34:32 PM PDT by woofie
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.

I wish about 70% of America could understand the truth of your post. We’d never have a Democrat Congress or President again. Ever.


17 posted on 03/18/2008 7:34:47 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat ((I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!))
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To: Borneo1

This guy is an obvious crackpot — his reference to “hydrocarbon” rather than naming specific hydrocarbons shows that he doesn’t know what he is doing. It’s like someone claiming the reason his new smelting process is economically valuable is that it produces “metal”.


18 posted on 03/18/2008 7:34:50 PM PDT by VeritatisSplendor
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To: gusopol3
wairz Tifton?

Tifton, Georgia is the home of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, so the inventor is probably on faculty there. ABAC has developed many of the turf grasses used on athletic fields over the past few decades. Let's hope it's true.

19 posted on 03/18/2008 7:35:17 PM PDT by Always A Marine
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To: Borneo1

I checked the calender. Not April 1st! I hope and pray this is REAL!


20 posted on 03/18/2008 7:35:22 PM PDT by moonman
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