Algae is the holy grail for bio fuels. It doubles roughly every 4 hours. It produces lipids. 50% of Algae weight is suspended with a high grade vegetable oil. Algae not only eats CO2. Here are the stats.
If your looking from a standpoint of Oil. Take for example one acre of Corn that which can produce 18 gallons of fuel per acre, per year. The next highest is POM, you produce 700 gallons per acre, per year. Now here is the real amazing figure. If your growing Algae as a bio fuel, your producing about 20,000 gallons per acre, per year! This is just in a open pond system.
A system 1/10th the side of New Mexico can produce enough fuel yearly to make America energy independent. We can make different kinds of bio fuels with algae, they can engineer the right strain to produce the most efficient fuel. If it is for Diesel vehicles or if it is intended for Commercial Jet Fuel. At the end of the feature they highlight the whole process in a closed plant. They move the fluid in a closed chain to produce this high grade fuel.
9.05.2008
ALGAE -- THE HOLY GRAIL OF BIOFUEL?
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