Recycle soot from Diesel fuel into Nanotubes

Thanks to Rudolf Diesel we have diesel engines. Gas is typically C₉H₂₀, while diesel fuel is typically C₁₄H₃₀. This equates to more power per molecule, and the much higher air compression rate makes it more efficient, so better gas mileage. But they pollute a lot more than gas engines. To stop this they removed most of the sulfur (clean diesel) and added a particle filter.
A breakthrough was announced in this article that uses the soot in this filter and:

We synthesized SWCNTs by laser vaporization of diesel soot that includes the fragments of various fullerenes formed during the combustion of light or heavy oil" Dr. Masaru Tachibana explained to Nanowerk. "We demonstrated that the fragments in the diesel soot are suitable precursors for the synthesis of SWCNTs. The success in the synthesis of SWCNTs from diesel soot shows that diesel soot can be recycled as a carbon source for the synthesis of SWCNTs

A cool new future awaits. Nanotubes will lead the way into the next revolution. Who knows what our future holds, but our children's future will not be recognizable to us.