Well I don't know - seems a little hyped for me here. The...

Well I don't know - seems a little hyped for me here. The Germans have an operational biomas to liquid diesel plant in production already ... http://www.fas.usda.gov/pecad2/highlights/2005/01/btl0104/syntheticdiesel.htm

EU100m with EU35m in subsidies in todays market.

In fact the Germans were making synthetic petrol from coal in WW2 ... some believe the Messersmitt was not up to the Spitfire for this reason alone ... whereas the Spitfires were running on 100 octane Avgas, the ME109s were running on 85 octane synthetic fuel which was the main reason they lost the Battle of Britain as they couldn't match the Spitfires (and Hurricanes) accordingly.

But maybe the real deciding factor was the radar used by the Brits.

Anyay - an interesting sidenote.

Take a look at this Aussie who travelled Oz using woodgas ...

http://www.angelfire.com/ak5/energy21/woodfire.htm

I will watch SYS with interest in the mean time until I see some unique commercial application rather than longer term MOU's.

Regards