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Outlook for Oil: 2008 Thus Far and a Preview of Coming Attractions

Disruptive technologies r important. Perhaps a bit invested here as well could be good. This guys credentials are mind boggling.

March 3, 2008

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Craig Venter (Here to Save the World)
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At the Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference, Craig Venter announced his "fourth-generation fuel" project. He plans to create an organism that takes in carbon dioxide and produces fuel, using synthetic chromosomes and already extant organisms to ramp up their octane-producing capabilities. "We have modest goals of replacing the whole petrochemical industry and becoming a major source of energy," said Venter, according to Agence France-Presse.

Ah, the humility.