Comments on: Hydrogen Fuel via E. Coli

By: Andrew Jones

Andrew Jones — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:45:06 +0000

This time, E.Coli is beneficial, not destructive.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:48:34 +0000

Why E. coli? It’s the bacteria we know the most about. It’s easy to work with, grows quickly. It’s used in the pharmacutical industry to produce many drugs. E. coli isn’t harmful. Sure, some strains are. Those strains give E. coli a bad name to those who know nothing. You yourself harbor many strains of E. coli in your own GI tract.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:13:37 +0000

to answer a question waaay up there, they probably chose e coli because they’re the easiest to change the genetic structure of with what we know.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:49:30 +0000

Can’t imagine there’s much sugar in yer average septic tank. If there is, you might be diabetic.

By: Stencil.cat

Stencil.cat — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:56:08 +0000

Spiffy. As long as the facilities are safe we wouldn’t have a problem about e-coli breakouts. Sounds like a good idea. Easy source of hydrogen anywhere.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:41:13 +0000

I would be interested in knowing whether, the hydrogen is being sourced purely from the simple sugars or whether the bacteria are capable of hydrolysis, in so doing, adding H2 to the carbon molecule whilst converting carbon to CO2

By: cc

cc — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:10:00 +0000

I agree with you. Any break through is nice, but when they find a way to use waste (which is plentiful), that’s when I will get really excited. The point of living green is to save the planet. Having to cut down trees to grow things for these bio fuels really is defeating the purpose. The trees filter out harmful gases and give us oxygen, they also attract rain. I believe that a portion of global warming is caused by too little trees and too much concrete. It’s much cooler in the shade than on a sidewalk.

By: moishe k

moishe k — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:13:26 +0000

no e coli in car only in powerstation

By: rudolf

rudolf — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:38:06 +0000

The main resource of all the energy
comin down to earth is a close star ,we call it the sun..
Using that energy as quickly as possible, is the most
effective way. Not using it to grow stuff,that can be
used as a 'fuel' to produce H2.
As soon sun's energy is transformed to current,the better.

I think we have all to focus on that..

By: Daniel K

Daniel K — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:08:38 +0000

what about food waste products? after all how much food is “chucked” as it’s past its spoil date? I doubt the bacteria care.