Open-pond algae developer Global Algae Innovations began offering for sale a membrane system that, at scale, could use just 1% of the energy needed to run a centrifuge:
http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2016/08/21/a-breakthrough-in-algae-harvesting/
Is the American addiction to oil coming to an end? Bloomberg charts make an interesting case: (Bloomberg) America Shakes Off Addiction to Oil
FeliX primary energy projections here and their emissions consequences here.
From NOAA: the Arctic is warming two times faster than anywhere else on Earth
In just a few years, we could be wishing for the days when we didn't know the exact trajectory of global warming or the terrible consequences of business-as-usual. FeliX scenario temperature change predictions here.