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	Gassy Bugs

BobbyDelray

10-13-2007 12:35 PM

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bugs, orgainc fuels, natural gas, oil, coal, fields, kleiner perkins, oxford bioscience

BobbyDelray says:

Kleiner Perkins, BASF Ventures, Oxford Bioscience, interesting, very interesting. Maybe put on future radar screen for good IPO.

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10-13-2007 2:17 PM

n2teaching

I wonder if these bacteria are the hydrogen eating bacteria that were discovered at the end of the last century.
We need to harness bacteria that will eat sequestered CO2 and turn it into some type of fuel without needing water to do it.

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