02 Oct '12, 6pm

The military may waste a lot of money of bombs, but at least they're trying to get some momentum behind biofuels.

The military may waste a lot of money of bombs, but at least they're trying to get some momentum behind biofuels.

It just so happens that the US currently is home to the world’s only commercial outdoor algal bio refinery. The project was funded by investors including Bill Gates and government cash and load guarantees. The bio refinery is located eighty miles west of El Paso Texas in the New Mexico desert and was developed by San Diego based company Sapphire . Currently the Defense Department is the largest client of Sapphire. “No question, the military has focused the company and given us a great challenge to meet,” says Sapphire executive Tim Zenk. Other companies such as Solayzme currently provide algae based biofuels to the U.S. military and

Full article: http://gas2.org/2012/10/02/americas-military-wants-bio-fuel/

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