Velocys is one our favorite clients. There’s an article out about what they’re doing in case you’re interested in what I’ve been doing at work. Velocys is working on

…a portable system that converts coal, natural gas, and biomass into diesel and jet fuel. The military could use the system to convert waste created at military bases–food scraps, paper, wood–into a fuel for military jets and vehicles.

Whether or not this works, it’s great for my bread and butter in the meantime.

The United States has more coal than the rest of the world put together. And while planting corn for ethanol is a ridiculous waste of farmland, making biofuels from waste materials is a great idea, in my opinion.

When someone mentions how we’ve got to do something about our dependency on foreign oil, I love being able to say, “I am!”