DOTHAN, AL - MARCH 10: Republican presidential candidate, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich campaigns at the Wiregrass Museum of Art on March 10, 2012 in Dothan, Alabama. Alabama will hold its Republican primary election on March 13. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images) — Mark Wallheiser / Getty Images

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03.16.129:45 AM ET

Gas from Algae? Hilarious!

BOWLING GREEN, OH - MARCH 03: Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks at the Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner at Bowling Green State University during a campaign stop on March 3, 2012 in Bowling Green, Ohio. The Republican Party continues the process of who will be their general election candidate against President Barack Obama in the fall. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) — Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks at the Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner at Bowling Green State University during a campaign stop on March 3, 2012 in Bowling Green, Ohio. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

Newt Gingrich has been scoring points ridiculing the idea of algae as a fuel of the future. As everybody knows, cars run on gasoline. Which is refined from oil. Which is made of... ancient algae.