SYNTHETIC FUELS TO SHAPE FUTURE BIOFUEL SECTOR
November 1st, 2008
BY MARK ROWE
THE FUTURE of the oils and fats sector globally may be shaped in the coming years by the emergence of synthetic biology, which is enabling scientists to create oils and fats with enhanced properties.
This new technology has been developed in the wake of advances in biofuel manufacture, as the United Nations, major energy companies, scientists and environmental organisations all seek to identify the sources of energy that will sustain a post-oil world. Of course, biofuels have been embraced as a means of producing fossil-fuel free energy, and the ...
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