Since the stone age leaps in technology are typically funded by military spending. That’s because the military is often the only customer willing to pay the initial price. Once a market is created the price starts dropping, eventually to the point a technology is ready for consumer markets. For example when integrated circuits were first invented they cost $1,000 each. The first customer was the military which used them in jet bombers. Now ICs cost pennies. Biofuel will likely follow a similar route. Military demand will drive this, and it will happen very quickly if a large war breaks out. NASA and the military are closely linked.
Absolutely.
That’s because the military is often the only customer willing to pay the initial price
It's also because the military is the one group that is least likely to be oppressed by the ruling class, which also explains their funding. Medical technology has also made great progress because of war. War is still hell, though.
I was burning bio-diesel in a Chevy Blazer two decades ago. The fuel was made from soy beans using a process that my grandmother used to make soap nearly a century ago. We need ENERGY, not war.