Algae: Better Than Ethanol

[BigGator5]

File This: "Fill'er Up... With Algae!"

Fueling The Future With Fish Tank Residue: Scientists Discuss Use Of Algae As A Biofuel

With algal oil productivities that could potentially reach annual average levels in the range of 3,000 to 5,000 gallons per acre, the land footprint required for large volumes of renewable fuel production would be minimal when compared with other conventional oil crops, such as soy and canola, that produce between 50 and 120 gallons per acre per year.

If this is true, this is awesome.

I don't mind renewable fuel. I've always been a fan of the Hydrogen Fuel Cell, with the hydrogen being made from Fusion Power. However I know the Fuel Cell is a long way off. If we must have biofuels, then I would say algae is the way to go. I also still don't understand why we can't drill for more oil right now. I've noticed gas prices going up. Wouldn't producing more of it drive down the price?

 

[torchthebitch]

I think I'll stick to drinking ethanol.

 

[Peregrinator]

*takes a deep breath*


HEY COASTAL BOY!!! SOMEONE FINALLY NOTICED!!!!

 

[Songcatcher]

The mainstream media in my country reported this last year.

 

[torchthebitch]

*takes a deep breath*


HEY COASTAL BOY!!! SOMEONE FINALLY NOTICED!!!!

But ignored the premise

 

[TurdFergeson]

Why not thermal depolymerization of garbage?

 

[RightField]

There's hope for algae. Low power yield and too expensive for now, but I hope they make progress with it.

 

[Peregrinator]

But ignored the premise

Which premise?

 

[RightField]

Which premise?

You in Vermont yet? In Haiti?

What's your thoughts on algae?

 

[torchthebitch]

Which premise?

This is true

 

[BigGator5]

There's hope for algae. Low power yield and too expensive for now, but I hope they make progress with it.

Indeed.

 

[trysail]

Why not thermal depolymerization of garbage?

Pyrolysis has a checkered history and unclear economics. Part of the problem has been automating the separation of the source garbage feed stream ( glass, metals, fiber, newsprint, etc. ). Pilot plants have discovered ( the hard way ) that it's easier said than done.

 

[tactful]

Ponds' anyone.

 

[JohnnySavage]

On 60 minutes tonight they profiled Bloom Energy. Looks too good to be true.

 

[Radiohead]

I've noticed gas prices going up. Wouldn't producing more of it drive down the price?

No, because its an obvious finite resource.

When someone finds another huge oil field, they say, we have reserves at current levels until 2060 (or blah blah blah) Its the ultimate supply and demand, except there is an absolute demand at the back end, like a reserve low level.

If the Saudis stopped absolutely selling at all, and sat on their black pond, the Russians would sell at triple the price same amount, and go prospecting/research the next thing to surpass it.

 

[trysail]

U Thant once observed:
"It is no longer resources that determine prices. It is prices that determine resources."

 

[Peregrinator]

You in Vermont yet? In Haiti?

What's your thoughts on algae?

In VT. Leave for Haiti on Thursday.

Algae is some huge percentage lipids. I forget the exact number. I'm waiting for Coastal Boy to come in here and set us all straight. I'm not sure how much of his personal info he's shared here, but I'll say I've visited him in his lab, and he knows more about algae than anyone posting here, by a large margin.