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With MBZ already running three test vehicle this plant based product is really looking good. If they can only get it to grow in quantity and in the states.

I have to say that Algae holds more promise in my eyes though.

There are some nuts on YouTube claiming their 300SD gets 50mpg using just that oil.
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ForcedInduction Wrote:There are some nuts on YouTube claiming their 300SD gets 50mpg using just that oil.
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I call bullshit on that video. I bet $100 he is using canola oil off the shelf.

I must agree that algae diesel has the highest promise of any yield thus far. In fact a company has recently scored a major victory by powering a car on algae diesel, and also producing a fuel that has passed government testing. There are several companies investing in this technology, and they are making progress. combine the carbon neutral footprint with biodegradeable end products, the fact you can use arid or other undesireable land for production instead of cropland, and the fact that the glycerine byproduct can be used to produce a gas not unlike natural gas by using an aqueous phase reformer, not unlike the one produced by virent technologies, and you have the potential for high volume production of two very desirable transportation fuels. The two certainly make more sense than the ethanol "silver bullet". I wouldnt mind seeing roads full of turbodiesel and CNG cars running on carbon neutral fuel.

EDIT - here is the link to the announcement of the company passing the testing. Its interesting that they use sugar to increase oil yield. its the first i have read of that method.

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