# Lets fix the gasoline problem: With gasoline. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 15, 2008, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854 "2008-04-15T10:36:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/1 "2008-04-15T10:36:20Z")
Bugs that excrete light sweet crude, FTW. [http://www.popsci.com/oilbug](http://www.popsci.com/oilbug) > The genetically manipulated _E. coli_ before me are highly crafted units of industrial production, which Amyris is using to turn sugar into novel versions of gasoline, jet fuel and diesel—in other words, the fuels on which the world already runs. How about we see the government invest $15,667,174,740 into technology such as this? …and we wouldn’t evenhave to spend Trillions on revamping our national infrastructure… :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/2 "2008-04-15T10:38:19Z")
Power your Beetle with “bugs.” Novel :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/3 "2008-04-15T10:38:54Z")
e. coli? Some day telling someone their car runs like shit will be a compliment? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/4 "2008-04-15T10:41:44Z")
Haven’t bacterium always produced gas? ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/5 "2008-04-15T10:41:56Z")
:ham: Read the article. Lab generated bugs that are hardy enough to sustain themselves in an awefully unfriendly environment… all the while eating sugarcane byproduct and turning it into designer hydrocarbon chains. They work. They need to be made hardier & more reliable. Then they need to be test on large scale. A whole hell of alot more mainstream friendly then corn juice, and it has less of a net carbon effect on the world compared to corn juice, _and_ current gasoline production. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/6 "2008-04-15T10:43:34Z")
something tells me this is the way the world will end. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/7 "2008-04-15T10:44:53Z")
> [@OfficerK](#): > > something tells me this is the way the world will end. Dude. : Tinfoilhat :? But yeah, genetically engineered gasoline producing bacteria will probably turn us all into light fearing zombies. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/8 "2008-04-15T10:47:04Z")
i have a bunch of E. coli :gotme: lots of it ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/9 "2008-04-15T10:48:28Z")
> [@justa4door](#): > > i have a bunch of E. coli :gotme: lots of it start dumping sugar into it. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/10 "2008-04-15T10:48:44Z")
:lol: Do you hear that? It’s the sound of your property value doubling every half an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/11 "2008-04-15T10:50:21Z")
brings a whole new meaning to black gold… IB4HePoursCowPieIntoHisTank ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/12 "2008-04-15T10:51:24Z")
lol I’m starting me a shit farm! Oh this could go on for hours… and still not be very funny… ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/13 "2008-04-15T10:52:41Z")
Offtopic… in offtopic? :implode: But yea, how about them bugs? ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/14 "2008-04-15T10:55:55Z")
Looks like it’s gonna be a good year for em… ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/15 "2008-04-15T11:08:30Z")
Cool idea, but if we’re spending billions can we get some money for this: [http://www.scientificblogging.com/jane\_poynter/inkjet\_printable\_solar\_panels\_really](http://www.scientificblogging.com/jane_poynter/inkjet_printable_solar_panels_really) There’s a technology that really has a chance to change the way we produce energy. Imagine every house in the US having a solar panel roof. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/16 "2008-04-15T11:10:18Z")
no cow just horse ---
**Author:** ![articzap](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/articzap/32/7361_2.png) [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/17 "2008-04-15T11:15:56Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Cool idea, but if we’re spending billions can we get some money for this: > [Inkjet-printable Solar Panels... Really! | Science 2.0](http://www.scientificblogging.com/jane_poynter/inkjet_printable_solar_panels_really) > > There’s a technology that really has a chance to change the way we produce energy. Imagine every house in the US having a solar panel roof. Then Buffalo would be in the dark when it snowed. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-fix-the-gasoline-problem-with-gasoline/46854/18 "2008-04-15T11:21:15Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Cool idea, but if we’re spending billions can we get some money for this: > [Inkjet-printable Solar Panels... Really! | Science 2.0](http://www.scientificblogging.com/jane_poynter/inkjet_printable_solar_panels_really) > > There’s a technology that really has a chance to change the way we produce energy. Imagine every house in the US having a solar panel roof. While that would be a fantastic change, and suplpement in an environmental sense… I think what I posted would be much more important to the national economic forces. IOW: The gas bug would enable the US to be more financially independant, and that can trickle down to other facets, such as allowing for the expansion of your post.