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Carbon Gas Is Explored as a Source of Ethanol
April 24, 2007 /
A New Zealand company said Monday that it had secured financing from an investor in Silicon Valley to produce ethanol from an untapped source — carbon monoxide gas.
The company, LanzaTech http://lanzatech.co.nz/ , based in Auckland, said it had developed a fermentation process in which bacteria consume carbon monoxide and produce ethanol. Ethanol can be used as an alternative fuel or an octane-boosting, pollution-reducing additive to gasoline.
By LAWRENCE M. FISHER
Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/business/worldbusiness/24ethanol.html?ref=science
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