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Carbon Gas Is Explored as a Source of Ethanol

April 24, 2007 /

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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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