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Summary:

A report on Marshall Medoff, a former Boston lawyer who discovered a new innovative method of turning inedible plant-life into fuel. Without a science background, the 81-year-old eccentric found a way to extract energy from sugar-rich cellulose, the most abundant biological material on earth. With this, his company Xyleco has been able to produce a low-calorie sugar, biodegradable plastics, and clean transportation fuel. Includes interviews with: Craig Masterman, MIT chemistry graduate and first employee of Xyleco; Robert Armstrong, former head of MIT chemical engineer/ Xyleco board of directors; Xyleco board of directors: Sir John Jennings, former Shell oil executive, Steve Chu, former Department of Energy, George Shultz, former Secretary of State, and William Perry, former Defense Secretary.

Contributors:

Stahl, Lesley , onscreen presenter, interviewer

Jones, Chrissy , producer

Koch, Sarah , producer

CBS News , publisher, production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Related Works:

In series: 60 minutes (Television program)

Alternate Titles:

Sixty minutes
Unlikely inventor

Subjects:

Energy industries — United States

Biomass energy — United States

Energy industries

Biomass energy

United States

Genres:

Television news programs

Interviews

Online media

Internet videos

Performers:

Reporter, Lesley Stahl.

General Notes:

Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
This broadcast from June 23, 2019 ; original segment broadcast on January 6, 2019.
Description based on: Title from title screen (viewed March 08, 2024).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (14 min.))

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

1429692376

Other Control Numbers:

99709517600971 (source: VaAlASP)
5522033 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP5522033/avon