Craig Venter: On the verge of creating synthetic life
March 15, 2008 by Robert Desideri
I realise everyone on the planet is focused on the ongoing Bear debacle and gossip re insolvent financial institutions about to be outed, with biofuels way down the list of topics at dinner tables in most NYC restaurants tonight. But this is a much bigger deal in the long run so I’m posting against the grain tonight.
Craig Venter‘s TED talk, if you missed it in person like me, is available here on the Internets. He made several strong statements, the one most interesting to us energy geeks regards biologically created fuels from CO2 using bacteria. Here’s the talk, it’s a must see and runs just over 30 minutes including the Q&A.









