Stockholders' Equity, Options and Warrants (Details Narrative) (USD $)	9 Months Ended	1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Feb. 28, 2013 Convertible Debentures	Jul. 31, 2012 Convertible Debentures	Sep. 30, 2013 Employee Stock Purchase Plan	Sep. 30, 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan	Apr. 30, 2013 Stock-Based Compensation Plans	Jan. 31, 2013 Stock-Based Compensation Plans	Sep. 30, 2013 Stock-Based Compensation Plans	Sep. 30, 2013 Restricted Stock Grants	Sep. 30, 2012 Restricted Stock Grants	Sep. 30, 2013 Warrant Activity
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate value		$ 1,060,000	$ 3,069,900
Interest rate		10.00%	8.00%
Maturity date			Jul. 31, 2017
Conversion price		$ 0.14	$ 0.225
Warrants issued, price per share			$ 0.30
Terms			In July 2012, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional and private investors pursuant to which it sold convertible debentures. These debentures are convertible at any time into shares of the Company's common stock, subject to adjustment in certain conditions. Under certain conditions, the Company may force the conversion of the debentures any time following the one year anniversary of the closing date. After the second anniversary of the closing date, the Company will have the right to redeem all or part of the debentures at any time prior to the maturity date. The Company also has the right prior to the second anniversary of the closing date to redeem all or part of the debentures if the Company successfully consummates a financing of the proposed Hobbs, New Mexico de-conversion facility in the amount of at least $25 million. Any redemption of the debentures by the Company requires the payment of a redemption fee as set forth in the debentures. Each investor also received a common stock purchase warrant to purchase common stock equal to twenty five percent (25%) of the shares issuable upon conversion of the debentures. The warrants have a term of five years.
Fair value			2,703,144
Fair value, warrants or options			366,756
Beneficial conversion feature		75,715	25,656
Warrant issued to placement agent			1,091,497
Warrant issued to placement agent, fair value			133,285
Risk free interest rate			0.65%				1.87%
Expected volatility			88.00%				84.62%
Expected life			5 years				10 years
Common stock issued to employees, shares				63,646	99,636
Common stock issued to employees, value				8,241	10,272
2006 Equity Incentive Plan, nonqualified stock options, issued							750,000		175,000
2006 Equity Incentive Plan, nonqualified stock options, exercise price	$ 0.15						$ 0.15
2006 Equity Incentive Plan, vest							Vest 25% on the first anniversay of the grant date with 25% vesting after each additional one-year period of continuous service.
2006 Equity Incentive Plan, expiration period							Jan. 31, 2023
2006 Equity Incentive Plan, fair value, per share							$ 0.135
Unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options								136,444
Re-price stock options, description							The Company re-priced 600,000 options which had an original exercise price of $0.32 per share and expire in May 2019. The stock options were adjusted to an exercise price of $0.15 per share with the expiration date remaining May 2019.
Re-price stock options, additional equity compensation recognized							11,145
Re-price stock options, risk free interest rate							1.26%
Re-price stock options, expected volatility							84.20%
Re-price stock options, expected life							6 years 11 months
Total stock-based compensation expense									179,818	222,958
Proceeds received from issuance of stock						30,000					427,889
Common stock issued						1,793,104					6,852,972
Proceeds applied to outstanding interest											$ 110,733