How do you resist a headline like this!

"Joule Patents Organism That Poops Jet A?

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/jo ... 030-1.html

Err, is it 1st April?

If even remotely true - well, it could change a lot of things.

But, it's probably some sort of stunt.

Very odd! $30 a barrel would be interesting though...

Good headline!

[Scrooge]

Well assuming that it is on the up and up, if they can get to a mass production stage, then that really could be a game changer.

Re: How do you resist a headline like this!

Apply a thick layer of Factor 32 anti-bullshit cream

[Darren Wheeler]

Sounds like a touch of Alchemy to me...

"Oh, Edmund, can it be true, that I hold here in my mortal hand a nugget of purest green?"

Actually, research into this field has been going for some time now, with various degrees of success. Whether or not this particular article is legit, I cannot comment, but the theory itself is not make believe.

All living organisms from simple eukaryotic cells, up to large multi-cellular organisms, such as our selves, manufacture simply massive massive macromolecules constantly. With the correct genetic engineering something simple like fuel would be very possible.

An example of a relevant paper: http://www.scipub.org/fulltext/ajbb/ajbb43250-254.pdf