Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block] | | | Dec 31, 2016 | | | Dec 31, 2015 | | Convertible Notes Payable (2009 Offering), which are made up of various individual notes with an aggregate face value of $199,790 at December 31, 2016 and 2015 due one year from date of note, interest at 6.0% | | $ | 199,790 | | | $ | 199,790 | | Convertible Notes Payable (11/10 Offering), which are made up of various individual notes with an aggregate face value of $1,877,162 and $1,874,074 at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, due one year from date of note, interest at 6.0% | | | 1,877,162 | | | | 1,874,074 | | WL Meyer Legacy Trust (formerly CMS Acquisition LLC) Note Payable, with a face value of $77,696 due on September 17, 2016, interest at 6.0% thru May 15,2011; 10.0% thereafter | | | 77,696 | | | | 77,696 | | Convertible Notes Payable (5/12 Offering), made up of various individual notes with a face value of $583,510, due in 18 months from date of note, interest at 6.0% | | | 583,510 | | | | 583,510 | | Convertible Note Payable (2/14 Offering), which is made up of one note with a face value of $100,000 due in 18 months from date of note, interest at 6.0% | | | 100,000 | | | | 100,000 | | Convertible Note Payable (7.1.2015), which is made up of one note with a face value of $17,377, minimum quarterly payments of $3,000, interest at 6.0% | | | - | | | | 17,377 | | Convertible Note Payable (2015 Offering), which is made up of one note with a face value of $85,000 due in 18 months from date of note, interest at 6.0% | | | 85,000 | | | | 85,000 | | Note Payable, which is made up of one note with a face value of $50,000 due in six months from the date of note, interest at 9.0% | | | 50,000 | | | | - | | Note Payable, which is made up of one note with a face value of $35,000 due in six months from the date of note, interest at 9.0% | | | 35,000 | | | | - | | Total debt | | | 3,008,158 | | | | 2,937,447 | | Current maturities | | | (3,008,158 | ) | | | (2,852,447 | ) | Long-term debt | | $ | - | | | $ | 85,000 | | |
Schedule of Stockholders' Equity Note, Warrants or Rights [Table Text Block] | | | Exercise | | | | | | | Price | | | | | | | | | | | Noteholders, 11/10 Offering | | $ | 0.30 | | | | 398,221 | | | | 842,221 | | | | 798,649 | | Noteholders, 5/12 Offering (c) | | $ | 0.35 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 571,428 | | Noteholder in 2015 Offering | | $ | 0.15 | | | | 2,550,000 | | | | 2,550,000 | | | | - | | Investors in Subscription Agreements (a) | | $ | 0.15 | | | | 13,725,000 | | | | 16,605,000 | | | | 13,605,000 | | WL Meyer Legacy Trust | | $ | 0.05 | | | | 2,300,000 | | | | 2,300,000 | | | | 2,300,000 | | WL Meyer Legacy Trust | | $ | 0.10 | | | | 150,000 | | | | 150,000 | | | | - | | Vertex Energy, Inc. (b) | | $ | 0.11 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | Vertex Energy, Inc. (b) | | $ | 0.10 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | | | | | | 19,123,221 | | | | 22,447,221 | | | | 17,275,077 | | |