This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Schools

JGI Science at the Lesher: "The Future of Fuels"

From the sun to your gas tank: A new breed of biofuels may help solve the global energy challenge and reduce the impact of fossil fuels on global climate change.

KTVU Channel 2 Health and Science Editor John Fowler will moderate a panel consisting of scientists from Walnut Creek's Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Emeryville-based Joint BioEnergy Institute who are developing ways to convert the solar energy stored in plants into liquid transportation fuels.

For more information, go to http://go.usa.gov/1ox

To learn more about the JGI, go to http://www.jgi.doe.gov

Find out what's happening in Walnut Creekfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?