Fossil fuels are limited. They are also not considered environmentally friendly. However since they were the most popular type of fuel in the day most automobiles and vehicles run on fossil fuel. If they wish to continue running after the fossil fuels are exhausted, they will definitely have to switch their diet…perhaps to corn!

More precisely to the hydrogen that is generated by the plant waste in a “bioreactor”! Shell Oil funded a study which showed that it was possible to convert 100% of the sugar in corn stalks, cobs and husks leftover in a harvest field into hydrogen gas.

The process used the corn stover to create hydrogen with minimal carbon dioxide emissions as well. And hydrogen gas is one of the greener and cleaner alternatives to petrol. We already have a number of vehicles running on gas in the country, now imagine being able to power them with farm waste!

Whichever way you look at it, pure hydrogen gas created from corn waste is an amazing idea for both energy generation and keeping the environment clean. Perhaps its time to test this science project on a larger scale to see if it truly will be commercially viable.