Genetically modified corn that might make biofuels cheaper:
Mariam Sticklen, professor of crop and soil science at Michigan State University, in East Lansing, figured that she could eliminate the cost of manufacturing enzymes by engineering corn plants to produce the enzymes themselves. Instead of relying on the energy-intensive process of producing them in bioreactors, “the plants use the free energy of the sun to produce the enzymes,” she says.
Great example of why I love genetic engineering. Humanity can fuck around enough with things to make them better than our so-called God “designed”. Course, major offset of any advancement in the cost of producing biofuels is the increase in demand for biofuel fuel (corn) which sends food prices skyrocketing upwards. Kill the planet with greenhouse gas or kill a kid in Mauritania through starvation. What fun choices modern society gives us!