Christopher Somerville directs the Energy Biosciences Institute at the University of California-Berkeley, where scientists are developing technologies that convert plant cellulose into fuel. Richard Harris/NPRFrom NPR:
Morning Edition, November 10, 2008 · The recent run-up in gasoline prices was a not-too-subtle reminder that there's a limited amount of oil on Earth. Someday soon, we're going to need a new source of fuel.
Part of the answer could be fuels made from the plant material cellulose. Researchers at the new Energy Biosciences Institute at the University of California-Berkeley are working on a recipe for this biofuel.
From Plant To The Pump
The institute is trying to make at least part of the economy run on fuel from vegetation. It has taken over a lab building once used to answer the purely scientific question of how plants convert carbon dioxide into chemical energy. Now, Christopher Somerville and his colleagues hope to exploit that chemical energy by converting cellulose into fuel.
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