Had it been a successful project, Nepal would be the next Iraq.. source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23804410-5012752,00.html
From correspondents in Jakarta, Indonesia
June 03, 2008 04:51pm
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CONTROVERSIAL plan backed by Indonesia's president to turn water into
cheap and limitless energy has run aground, with tests showing the
wonder fuel is just plain diesel, a report said today.
Government
scientists have revealed that tests on the so-called "Blue Energy,"
purportedly made from water, showed it was diesel from state oil
company Pertamina, The Jakarta Post reported.
"Blue Energy is nothing extraordinary as it is just a form of
hydrocarbon or fossil fuel," Research and Technology Minister
Kusmayanto Kadiman was quoted as saying.
The energy "breakthrough" grabbed headlines in Indonesia after its
inventor, Joko Suprapto, managed to convince President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono he could separate hydrogen from water, turning it into diesel.
The plan was exhibited at the UN climate change conference in Bali in December with the President's blessing.
Mr Suprapto went missing last month but was found in a hospital in
West Java suffering from heart problems after Mr Yudhoyono, fearing he
had been abducted by jealous oil barons, ordered a police search, Te news magazine reported.