Superfuel From Superbugs

There is a race to develop renewable, clean and carbon-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels. With a few exceptions, the initiative is with small start-up companies rather than the petrochemical giants. But these new companies have some of the world's leading researchers on their boards. And they are ambitious: quite simply, they want to replace today's 'big oil' by biofuels made by microbes like algae and bacteria.



Superfuel From Superbugs

There is a race to develop renewable, clean and carbon-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels. With a few exceptions, the initiative is with small start-up companies rather than the petrochemical giants. But these new companies have some of the world's leading researchers on their boards. And they are ambitious: quite simply, they want to replace today's 'big oil' by biofuels made by microbes like algae and bacteria.