I have said time and time again the we need to have a viable and self sustaining alternative fuel source before we cut off oil.Well we may have made a huge leap towards that goal. The Mcgyan Process may be that leap we've been waiting for and it was kind of a discovery of dumb luck. They quite literally said let's see what happens and lo and behold they had biodiesel.
Their first experiment used soybean oil, which is the traditional feedstock for making biodiesel, but they went on to try other things.
"Our process can actually use waste produced by the original biodiesel process, waste from ethanol plants, waste from paper plants, food, restaurant oils, anything. It can convert anything into biodiesel," Krohn said. "Well, any oil."
Here's a link to the story.
http://wcco.com/energy/algae.energy.independence.2.731183.html
http://www.evercatfuels.com/press.asp
Let's keep our fingers crossed.


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