Hey, I know about those bugs, I cut my fermenting teeth on extremophiles.

Alistair

> On Jul 9, 2015, at 8:24 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
> 
> There is comparable research being carried out by ARPA-e at MIT and other locations using non-photosynthetic microorganisms (extremophiles) to turn CO2 into hydrocarbon fuels such as diesel.
> 
>> On 09-Jul-2015, at 18:46, John Rodgers wrote:
>> 
>> Google for German Solar Diesel. There are numerous links to articles about
>> this! Even AUDI as gotten in to the act.
>> 
>> John
>>> On Jul 9, 2015 4:16 PM, "John Rodgers" <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Recently, the Germans have developed a solar system to convert water and
>>> CO2 to 80 liters of diesel fuel per day. If you have a diesel van this
>>> could be a real boon. Thats approximately 20 gallons of diesel fuel per
>>> day! Given the additional mileage you get with a diesel the could be a
>>> wallet saver. You could run around a week on one days solar production,
>>> building a daily reserve of 20 gallons a day. By weeks end there would be
>>> enough for a serious trip and other things. Anyone looked into this?
>>> 
>>> John
>>>