Perception of EU citizens on engineered biocatalytic solar fuels

Genetic modification of microorganisms for enhanced metabolic activity shows excellent promise biotechnological exploitation. The production solar fuels can be facilitated by novel advances in the engineering microalgae and cyanobacteria. Contaminant-free biocatalytic with high cell densities at a large scale low costs need to achieved commercial application this innovation from technical perspective. From market perspective, possible citizens' concerns towards genetically modified organism products investigated addressed before product development sale. Across EU countries, paper views on fuel produced engineered microorganism. For first time, study investigates attitudes technology relationship gender, age education. results indicate that citizens consider as environmentally superior established biofuels. majority respondents (84%) would their final consumers, 70% them are willing pay surcharge them, provided they have environmental advantages general particular climate protection. However, compared electric cars fueled renewable power, perceive less friendly.