Interestingly, I discovered 20+ websites that had a Trojan virus communicating to an AWS IP address. I let Amazon know at 9:50 am, and 40 min later their network dropped. Perhaps they tried to shut them down and got more than they expected?
Converting carbon chains into fuel is feasible. The technique the Navy is relying on local sources of electricity dependant on generating devices such as nuclear, hydrothermal, & gasoline I suspect.
There is another method... ALGAE -----> FUEL
Don't believe me? Check the website video out...
http://cc.pubco.net/www.valcent.net/i/misc/Vertigro/index.html