[oncebitten]

I remember reading about a company doing this some years ago - the problem is scaling it up to produce the millions of barrels we need per day would take enormous investment in facilities and the ultimate cost would be ridiculous.

[Joe 6-pack]

If anybody ever came up with a cost-effective solution for converting algae to fuel oil, it would only be a short matter of time before the USFWS would have algae placed on the endangered species list.