Microbes
turned into energy?
http://www.ecofriend.com/microbes-genetic-engineering-team-offer-green-hope.html
In my article, I read about how Microbes can be
turned into fine energy sources. These energy sources can range from wind
power, solar power, and batter/generator power. Elizabeth Svoboda tells us
about how and why these microbes can be turned into energy. The main idea comes
across very clearly because Elizabeth goes straight into what she wants to say
and how she wants to say it. The level of detail in this article is adequate and
serves purpose. An Environmental Engineer by the name of Bruce Logan, in Penn State
discovered microorganisms called Methanogens. Methanogens can reduce Carbon Dioxide
into Methane very efficiently says Logan. When the microbes receive a high
electric jolt they use the electrons to combined protons and CO2 to create
methane gas. The methane can later be stored to be used to power generators,
vehicles, ECT. If they exploit the microbe’s chemistry they can find better and
more beneficial ways to make energy sources like solar and wind energy. I did
not know that microbes could be used for such acts; it makes things much simpler,
without it being so simple, because dealing the science behind how microbes
react to different stimuli, can be very difficult. It make my knowledge base
want to know more about the subject because I want to know just how these
organisms can be used to power such things as generators and cars. Everything in
the text seems to be very straightforward and to the point. Svoboda seemed like
she didn’t want to beat around the bush and go into great detail because it isn’t
necessary to do so. The only question I had was, how can the organisms power
these objects? The only rhetoric style that could be found would be Logos,
simply because Svoboda had very logical views and showed the audience straight
fact on this topic.
