Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110216:15:53:00
Happens. this is almost like a miniatureized oil-producing machine. that's exactly what it is. >> reporter: so we have the material right here that's actually feeding the algae. >> correct. we grow our algae through fermentation so in the large-scale production process, the algae will be in big steel tanks where it's dark inside. we take the biomass, the plant material, and we feed it in at a precise rate, at a precise temperature, and the algae conviert that buy mow mass directly into crude oil very rapidly. >> reporter: this company believes this crude oil will replace petroleum in the near ...