The world’s is severely suffering from energy woes. In the midst if
this crisis, this finding can lead to a ground-breaking solution as
alternative fuel. Tiny microbes that live inside termites may one day
become a major source of fuel, according to scientists.
How do bacteria that help termites digest wood and other plants release the hydrogen that’s trapped in the material? This is what the researchers are trying to understand.
“We don’t understand the full details of how the process occurs%u2026 But
once we learn more about it, many things become possible,” said Jared
Leadbetter, an environmental microbiologist at the California Institute
of Technology in Pasadena.
Once, the biotech engineers mass-produce the tiny microbes for hydrogen
production on an industrial scale, the hydrogen could then power
hydrogen fuel cells, a type of battery that emits only water.
