[PCA] NEWS: Oil Creation Theory Challenged by Fuel-Making Fungus

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Thu Nov 6 09:36:36 CST 2008


http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081104/sc_livescience/oilcreationtheorychallengedbyfuelmakingfungus

Oil Creation Theory Challenged by Fuel-Making Fungus
Robert Roy Britt
LiveScience Managing Editor
livescience.com -- Tue Nov 4, 7:41 am ET

A newfound fungus living in rainforest trees makes biofuel more 
efficiently than any other known method, researchers say.

In fact, it's so good at turning plant matter into fuel that researchers 
say their discovery calls into question the whole theory of how crude oil 
was made by nature in the first place.

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