[wren53]

Some plants make toxins to kill off competing species. But this article says "in its composition they've found alcohols, octanes and esters - all of them part of diesel. ", it doesn't say it makes gaseous diesel, just part of diesel. But in an earlier section it says "biodiesel in gaseous form", which is it? And how would you collect it? This sounds like a news headline blown up. I'd wait for a viable product before jumping to conclusions.

 

[wren53]

After looking into this more, this is what I believe the far future will be. Short term we are looking at gasoline hybrids as the main car. Longer term we are looking at refined biofuels, not corn ethanol of course but algae biodiesel or switchgrass ethanol. Unless there's a massive jump in battery technology that lets you charge a car in 3 minutes, electric cars just won't have the range that people need for longer trips. The only solution would be an ultra capacitor system instead of a chemical battery.