The oil giant Exxon Mobil, whose chief executive once mocked alternative energy by referring to ethanol as “moonshine,” is about to venture into biofuels.It may work. It may lead to great things. But the idea of Exxon being green just sounds strange.
On Tuesday, Exxon plans to announce an investment of $600 million in producing liquid transportation fuels from algae — organisms in water that range from pond scum to seaweed. The biofuel effort involves a partnership with Synthetic Genomics, a biotechnology company founded by the genomics pioneer J. Craig Venter.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
A Green Exxon?
Exxon to Invest Millions to Make Fuel From Algae
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