# Brewing Gasoline with Yeast

*Published:* 2008-06-20
*Author:* Miriam Horn

![Miriam Horn](https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2008/05/miriam_horn.jpg)*This post is by Miriam Horn, a writer at Environmental Defense Fund and co-author of the New York Times bestseller,* [Earth: The Sequel](http://earththesequel.edf.org/). *It’s part of a [video series on new energy technologies](http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=22080), **Unleash the Future**.*

 *1. [Introduction (YouTube)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rixIubW5wiI)  
2\. [Solar](https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/06/18/unleash_solar/)  
3\. Biofuels  
4\. [Geothermal](https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/06/24/unleash_geothermal/)  
5\. [Wave](https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/06/24/unleash_waves/)*

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“Anything you can get out of a barrel of oil, you can get out of a pound of sugar with the right microbe.” So says Jack Newman of Amyris Biotechnologies, who is using genetically-modified yeast to brew gasoline.

Take a look at my [short video on biofuels](http://edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=22627) to learn more.

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If you have any questions or comments on biofuels, please post them here. I’ll do my best to answer.