First, Congrats, and best of luck in Scotland, anyone who can't understand the allure of that place either hasn't thought about it, or is jealous! :-)

On the Bio Butanol work of yours I have read, it certainly got my interest up and I am still studying it like mad!  It has all the right requirements to me, being high up the Hydrogen/Carbon balance ladder, that is to say, mostly hydrogen, and shows signs of being economical to produce, and able to make use of much infrastructure as it exists.

My current leanings run to this....a fuel of the type of your Bio Butanol providing heat for a Stirling cycle engine to be used in CHP (Combined Heat and Power) units, stored onsite like propane...also use as the prime mover fuel in hybrids comes to mind...:-)

I think it wins out for now over Cellulosic Ethanol, and could even be a better alternative in many ways than Bio Diesel for selected markets.

Man, there is a lot of work still left to do in the next decade or two, isn't there?

Don't forget, once your settled in, your promise to get back "on post" with us poor folks!

Roger Conner  known to you as ThatsItImout