Biodiesel

So what really is the best fatty acid blend for biodiesel?

Short chain means better cold weather performance, while longer chains have more bonds and therefore more energy.


Companies doing Microbial Synthesis of things I currently care about: Gevo, Amyris & LS9

LS9:Microbial hydrocarbon synthesis (Khosla?)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8220278.stm - VIDEO
http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20080293060 - PATENT

Amyris: Has a drop-in diesel fuel. No details. (Keasling)

Gevo: retrofitted a ethanol refinery to make biobutantol (Liao)