and just like everything else, it will be covered up, phased out or ignored. you think the multibillion dollar oil companies are going to let something else come out and that will take their money? it wont happen. dont get me wrong, im all for putting bacteria crap through my motor if its cheap and makes it go, but its just not going to happen. just like the biodesiel pumps that were supposed to be at every station by now, even ethanol..look how long it took for that to be availiable after the hype. our gas stations back home just started distributing that not too long ago.
I don't know, ethanol seems to be doing pretty good. I noticed this just today.
I think the difference with this technology is that very big money is at stake, and everyone knows oil is a finite resource. The world will eventually run out for sure.
The gene is out of the bottle. No amount of money could ever put it back. Check this out.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.newfuel15jun15,0,7178061.story".....The three-hour test flight of the Boeing 747 could mark one of the more promising - and more unusual - steps by the airline industry to find cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternatives to fossil fuel.
"We're confident that the test will go well," said David Morgan, Air New Zealand's general manager for airline operations, before leading visitors to a farm here where the weeds are being researched.
If the flight is successful, he said, "It'll be a real milestone not only for Air New Zealand but for aviation."
The secret: oil from poisonous seeds of the jatropha tree, which grows in warm climates.
For the past year, scientists here have been perfecting a process for turning the oil into jet fuel. Last week, the airline announced plans to use this new fuel for 10 percent of its needs by 2013.
The jatropha-refined fuel is significantly cheaper than crude oil. It could cost an
estimated $43 a barrel, or about one-third the cost of a barrel of crude oil.
The test flight is particularly noteworthy because it will come at a time when ethanol and other biofuels have come under increasing scrutiny because of their side effects.
Production of ethanol has been blamed for corn shortages that have contributed to higher food prices."
