Spanish firm claims it can make oil from plankton.

[nelg]

Spanish firm claims it can make oil from plankton.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsa...TRUKOC_0_US-ENERGY-SPAIN-PLANKTON.xml&src=rss

Bio Fuel Systems said its new fuel would reduce CO2, was free of other contaminants like sulphur dioxide and would be cheaper than fossil oil is now.

 

[RussSchultz]

Quick, invade Spain!

We also want their tapas!

 

[Guden Oden]

Why invade? Just send some agents to kill the researchers and burn their formulas.

Lemme guess... This tech is "5-10 years away"?

 

[MPI]

Bio Fuel Systems is working with scientists at the University of Alicante on the project. It has drawn up industrial plans to make the fuel and says it will be able to start continuous production in 14 to 18 months.

Sounds spectacular!

OTOH:

Vehicle tests are some time away because the company, Bio Fuel Systems, has not yet tried refining the dark green coloured crude oil phytoplankton turn into, a spokesman said.

D'oh! You'd think that was the easy part...

 

[DudeMiester]

I'm assuming it is, and that's why they haven't done it.