Another win for Synthetic Biologists. Here they engineer in the complete enzymatic procees to convert sugar to long chain petrocarbons.. is it cost effective,, ...think about filling your tank with water and a few cups of sugar the night before you go to work add a tablet of bacteria ..and next day you have a tankfull of diesel no kidding!! just like making beer !
BBC News - E. coli bacteria 'can produce diesel biofuel'