Were still in the honeymoon period with new fuel technologies like biodiesel. Theyre clean. Renewable. No more oil-covered seabirds in the news! I can drink out of the tailpipe of my hydrogen fuelcell car! Weve been so taken with their promise that weve neglected to think much about their inevitable downside: these fuels are manufactured, and unfettered manufacturing can be dirty.

Take a peak inside the Solix labs to see their oil-from-algae operation up close in our photo gallery and video â€Here it is!†Jim Sears says with a tour guide´s come-see enthusiasm.