Month March 2008

Fuel from CO2

Biofuel alternatives to oil are third-generation. The next step is life forms that feed on CO2 and give off fuel such as methane gas as waste, says biotech expert Craig Venter (who sequenced the human genome in 2001.) He wants…

Global guerrilla. Henry Okah

Global Guerrillas has a fascinating piece on Henry Okah who apparently founded and ran a gun-running empire that also shut down and diverted huge amounts of oil in Nigeria. He ran it from South Africa, often communicating by cell phone…