[The Working Man]

Interesting, any idea on the ratio of potential energy being produced in the Bio-Oil vs. the amount of energy utilized to create the Bio-Oil?

I probably wrote that wrong, but I’m unsure of how to make it clearer than that.

[turducken]

The term you're looking for is EROEI, energy return on energy invested and yes, it's the main stumbling block in all these kinds of projects

Nothing has an EROEI like crude oil coming out of a well.

[dangerdoc]

A company has been making synthetic crude from turkey offal for a decade or so. The system of conversion is thermodynamically viable. The real question is whether the production and conversion of biomass to synthoil is economically viable?