Fuel-Making Fungus Has Scientists Questioning the Origins of Oil
I was more interested in this article because of the title. Anytime conventional science is questioned, I am intrigued. Discovered inside the Ulmo tree in the Patagonian rainforest in South America, this fungus, which has been named Gliocladium roseum, not only makes biofuels more efficiently than any other known method, but also demands more probing into the creation of oil theory. For those of you left unsatisfied by the standard explanation of heat, pressure, and dead things, perhaps this will shed some light.
“This is the only organism that has ever been shown to produce such an important combination of fuel substances,” said researcher Gary Strobel from Montana State University. “The fungus can even make these diesel compounds from cellulose, which would make it a better source of biofuel than anything we use at the moment.”
“When we examined the gas composition of G. roseum, we were totally surprised to learn that it was making a plethora of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon derivatives,”
Via Yahoo News
The idea that petroleum is formed from dead organic matter is known as the “biogenic theory” of petroleum formation and was first proposed by a Russian scientist almost 250 years ago. In the 1950’s, however, a few Russian scientists began questioning this traditional view and proposed instead that petroleum could form naturally deep inside the Earth. This so-called “abiogenic” petroleum might seep upward through cracks formed by asteroid impacts to form underground pools, according to one hypothesis. Some geologists have suggested probing ancient impact craters in the search for oil. – LiveScience
For a more detailed article: Rainforest Fungus Makes Diesel Compounds From Cellulose
Tags: biodeisel, Biofuel, oil
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