Plug and play algae production for biofuels?

Before the discussion of algae production begins, please put up with a little jabber.

The US seems to be closing in on the bust end of another of its usual boom-bust economic cycles. (This time too many less-than-wealthy buyers were duped by greedy mortgagers into buying overpriced homes. The last boom-bust was what, overvalued dot-coms?)
Anyway chin up, we