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Organic chemistry
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RE: Organic chemistry
Artificially synthesizing oil is ridiculously energy expensive if you are doing it de novo.

Most, if not all, modern oil refining if it is not crude is putting materials through extraction processes and conversion processes to convert similar analogous molecules to the desired form.

Part of the interest in biofuels is in using algae or bacteria to synthesize very heavy fats, as converting from a fat to a hydrocarbon chain is quite doable.

However, the chief hurdle in biofuels is not fat production, but figuring out how to efficiently harvest said fats.
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Organic chemistry - by kılıç_mehmet - October 27, 2011 at 9:34 pm
RE: Organic chemistry - by Phaedra - October 27, 2011 at 10:08 pm
RE: Organic chemistry - by Cyberman - October 27, 2011 at 10:12 pm
RE: Organic chemistry - by Faith No More - October 27, 2011 at 10:19 pm
RE: Organic chemistry - by kılıç_mehmet - October 28, 2011 at 3:58 am
RE: Organic chemistry - by Faith No More - November 2, 2011 at 7:33 am
RE: Organic chemistry - by kılıç_mehmet - November 2, 2011 at 7:38 am
RE: Organic chemistry - by KichigaiNeko - October 28, 2011 at 4:07 am
RE: Organic chemistry - by kılıç_mehmet - October 28, 2011 at 4:18 am
RE: Organic chemistry - by KichigaiNeko - October 28, 2011 at 4:20 am
RE: Organic chemistry - by kılıç_mehmet - October 28, 2011 at 4:26 am
RE: Organic chemistry - by Zen Badger - October 28, 2011 at 6:03 am
RE: Organic chemistry - by kılıç_mehmet - October 28, 2011 at 6:47 am
RE: Organic chemistry - by Zen Badger - October 28, 2011 at 6:58 am
RE: Organic chemistry - by kılıç_mehmet - October 29, 2011 at 11:06 am
RE: Organic chemistry - by paintpooper - October 28, 2011 at 2:20 pm
RE: Organic chemistry - by Autumnlicious - October 28, 2011 at 8:16 pm
RE: Organic chemistry - by The Grand Nudger - October 29, 2011 at 11:09 am
RE: Organic chemistry - by kılıç_mehmet - October 29, 2011 at 11:13 am
RE: Organic chemistry - by Kayenneh - October 29, 2011 at 11:40 am
RE: Organic chemistry - by kılıç_mehmet - October 29, 2011 at 11:48 am
RE: Organic chemistry - by Kayenneh - October 29, 2011 at 12:12 pm
RE: Organic chemistry - by kılıç_mehmet - October 30, 2011 at 10:28 am
RE: Organic chemistry - by LastPoet - October 30, 2011 at 12:47 pm
RE: Organic chemistry - by kılıç_mehmet - October 30, 2011 at 4:30 pm
RE: Organic chemistry - by Autumnlicious - October 31, 2011 at 3:06 pm

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