Surely the effort for R&D into biofuel should be equal to that of putting a man on the moon. Are Governments?

doing enough to move away from middle-east oil? The use of algae to produce fuel looks promising...Quote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algaculture
Biofuels production
Main article: Algae fuel
Currently most research into efficient algal-oil production is being done in the private sector, but if predictions from small scale production experiments bear out then using algae to produce biodiesel, bioethanol and biobutanol may be the only viable method by which to produce enough automotive fuel to displace current world gasoline usage.[17]

Shouldn't we rather than spending billions on Armed forces deployments and billions in aid to the middle-east be getting on with this urgently?

This is what we get when we rely upon political institutions to solve problems.

Well, it may have a direction... just not one most people would want it to if they understood. Report It

to little to late, people are to interested in convenience and a easy life to worry about the environment, i get laughed at when i take part in activity's like try to get people to write to their local mp to change the laws concerning global worming, it saddens me.

They are waiting for petroleum deposits to run out....then only they will start working on biodiesel....it's a business trick so they can sell biodiesel for higher price.......Think again!