There were small plastic cups filled with what looked like pond scum sitting on a nearby counter.

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The plan: extract 1.5 million gallons of green crude oil a year from patented pond scum fed a diet of carbon dioxide and sunlight.

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It is a research revolution that began with pond scum.

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