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Algae not being used as a biofuel
Algae is 30% to 60% oil. An acre of Algae , growing in salt water, will yield 20,000 gallons of fuel in a year. Contributed by Roger Smith [JOIN] a group of volunteers working collaboratively on developing innovative solutions to this problem. The team's solution(s) will be published here.	9 41

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Algae actually IS being used as a biofuel in research facilities. I personally believe it to be the wave of the future. Corn based ethanol doesn't provide a large energy gain since the production of c...

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Havnt read much about all this yet but Co2 is better than carbon monoxide, atleast the trees will have something to do. Is definatley an interesting use of algae. Does any one know how much algae it w...
- Stefan Parker

If you want to take CO2 out of the atmosphere, all you have to do is to take organic waste, leaves, dung, muck, straw etc. & carbonise it with heat. The "biochar" formed is graphitic & represents inde...
- Paul Comet

Do we really want to eliminate another important source of food, fertilizer, water & air purifier, sea habitat, natural pigment source, etc...? Can we not 'slow down' by riding bikes, walking and fin...
- Diane Hamilton

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