“The microorganisms use energy from the sun to convert carbon dioxide and water into ethanol or hydrocarbon fuels (such as diesel or components of gasoline).”
It looks like ethanol, diesel and gasoline could be generated with these organisms. It looks like these same organism behave the same way algae would without the requirement for sunlight. Also, they need CO2 to make it work. Now where is there a large supply of CO2? Correct, coal fired electric plants.
What is very exciting is that this process might be created for the home system. You would not need much area to brew 800 gallons, which would give you 20,000 miles of driving at 25 miles/gallon. The home heating system would provide the CO2.
>What is very exciting is that this process might be created for the home system. You would not need much area to brew 800 gallons, which would give you 20,000 miles of driving at 25 miles/gallon. The home heating system would provide the CO2<
That would never happen.
Government couldn’t allow that kind of empowerment to the masses.
One can bet their bottom dollar, the government will pass some kind of law making it illegal for one to do this at home.
All one has to do is look at NY. Some time during the early part of the last century, enterprising upstate New Yorker's started making use of the small natural water falls. They rigged up micro-electric plants and they were quite successful until the major electric companies started to feel the pinch and they got the almighty government to pass a law making these micro-electric plants illegal.
While your enthusiasm for home produced fuel is a good one, eventually the major fuel producing companies will lose profits and lobby (bribe) government to make them illegal.
They who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.