Yea! I forgot you've mentioned it earlier in the thread. Thats a very viable option, considering it can also be used to "filter" streams contaminiated by algriculture waste/fertilizers
Heres an interesting read up:
UNH Biodiesel Group
But why isnt it given more publicity? I just saw a documentary today on CNN, a segment called Broken Government: Scorched Earth. They investigated the wastefulness of producing ethanol and biodiesel from corn crops. Yet its still being produced? The video shows TONS and TONS of corn being processed. Even the fertilized lands used for it are subsidized by the US government. I don't know how many families it could have fed.. such a waste. It seems the country is priortizing quick ways to reduce dependence on middle eastern oil over finding a more efficiently, environment-friendly way.
I was thinking of moving this thread to Chemical Engineering, actually
