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You know the joke about the car and the snail. Look at that escargot? Well, snails may be the only thing not powering the automobiles of the future. Trees, grass, algae, even the garbage you toss on the sidewalk has potential for conversion into biofuel. What is America\u2019s next top model fuel? Join us on a tour of the contenders.\nMeet a man who\u2019s mad about miscanthus \u2026 an astrobiologist\u2019s attraction to algae\u2026 and the blueprint for building your own biofuel bugs.\nAlso, discover whether any of these next-generation fuel sources could take us to the stars. Put that in your rocket and burn it!\nGuests:\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Madhu Khanna \u2013 Professor of Agriculture and Environmental Economics at the University of Illinois and at the Energy Biosciences Institute\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Stephen Long \u2013 Professor of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Michelle Chang \u2013 Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Bret Stroegn \u2013 Graduate student researcher, Energy Bioscience Institute, University of California at Berkeley\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Jonathan Trent \u2013 Bioengineering Research Scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center and founder of Global Research into Energy and the Enviornment (GREEN )\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Richard Obousy \u2013 Physicist and co-founder and project leader for Project Icarus\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices