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Bacteria Turn Coal and Oil Into Renewable Energy

Posted June 23, 2010 10:48 AM

From Discovery News - Top Stories:

Underground microbes have been found converting waste CO2 and coal into natural gas. Left in the ground, the dirty fossil fuel might be transformed into a source of renewable energy.

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Re: Bacteria Turn Coal and Oil Into Renewable Energy

06/24/2010 11:42 AM

Ummm... last time I checked, natural gas is not a renewable fuel. It may be cleaner burning, but that doesn't make it renewable. I'm just saying....

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