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Endless energy from algae biofuel: closed-loop photo bioreactor


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I think that we HAVE to come up with alternatives like this in order to change our thinking. This is a great start! We need to investigate this more and as Americans DEMAND that things like this come to pass....

We depend on oil WAY to much and this would be a way to beat the BIG oil!

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X_MAN

42 responses // Endless energy from algae biofuel: closed-loop photo bioreactor

  • now thats carbon credits .......!!!!!!!
    gentjim
  • Wow Algae can produce 20 000 gallons of oil per year .Just algae with some sunlight.America should really start investing in this instead of biofuels which is causing a world food crisis in many of the poorer nations of the world today.
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    powerup
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  • 1/10th of New mexico? That seems like a large chunk of land. But I suppose that the benefits outweigh the loss of open space. If every deserted parking lot or old building was converted, I'd be all about the algae!
    lightsprite
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  • man at is some cool stuff i need this in my back yard
    polkey1
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  • With oceans covering over 70% of the Earth's surface-and rising, it'd be nice to think most people in the world could readily benefit from such a plentiful fuel source once the technology is fine tuned, making it available & affordable to the masses. We evolved from the oceans so it only makes sense we would keep returning for life sustaining purposes, this time for energy.

    Any realistically sustainable energy developed is better than drilling for more oil, which keeps control of petroleum based energy consolidated in the hands of the same evil corporations who basically own us, until we continue to develop & distribute alternative sources like this.
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    darkhorsejim
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  • We will never be completely off OIL!
    Oil is a part of our everyday lives, asphalt, lipstick, perfumes, baby oil, plastic products such as TVs, computers...you know flat screen monitors puts off more carbon than a fossil fueled car.
    We all want a cleaner planet...and alternative fuel but, the technology is not there right now...sciencetist will eventually come up with more solutions in 10 - 20 years.
    In the meantime lets use domestic oil!

    McCain 08
    Drill domestic oil before china does!
    booboo_36564
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  • How to REALLY be environmentally friendly. I LOVE THIS. I hope it's as great as it seems.
    onechance
  • This seems like a wonderful energy source.

    But what about the Sahara desert? Cheaper than New Mexico. Lots of sun, too, I'm told.

    The point I'm making here is that unless the US moves forward quickly on ideas like these, there is nothing to stop other countries from doing them.
    jahbini
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  • I can not remember his name but a scientist sailed the world years ago and has a large facility developing ways to use organisms from the ocean to create hydogen in tanks that could be located everywhere......Nature holds all the answers.....we just need to find the keys......oxygen is the basis of water and carbon dioxide.....if you have a best friend...it is oxygen.....separating oxygen from water and carbon dioxide leaves you with your friend....and two new friends.....if you treat them right.....we will always need lubricants......we just don't need them any more than Earth needs them.......and the way our government is going the need for lubrication grows by the minute..........Golden Ruler......Will
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    Virtual_Will_Rogers
  • Fantastic post!
    Now. If only we could get more people to eat seaweed...
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    huntre
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  • All of this has been known for sometime.

    Biodiesel is being produced from seawater algae right now in Rio Hondo TX, at 4.4 million gallons per year from 1180 acres of ponds.

    None of this makes any difference at all unless people invest in the companies that will produce and market biodiesel.

    Now is the time to invest.
    Wetdog
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  • Target your investments into the companies that are thinking this way. Great Idea.
    jubal
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  • You know Big Oil just hates the fact that this info is getting out into the public...they won't be able to stop the possitive effect that this sort of technology will have on the environment and on this world, nor will they be able to stop its development...this is, definitely, ten steps forward...let's try not to let them walk us backward...

    Great post, X_MAN...
    PlatoTacius
  • Yes. Do it. Now.
    drewsuf721
  • As long as we have oil men in the white house the government won't spend one cent for development of biofuel technology.
    Brockie
  • DarkHorseJim made a great statement about the oceans.....one thing that seems to go unnoticed is how all of the underwater pipelines and well heads in the ocean will be treated when they have outlived their usefulness.......the ones doing the damage will not be alive.....or ourselves......the amount of pollution and damage to sea life will be extraordinary......we were lucky on the most part.....our ancestors were concerned with trying to leave something for us that was better than they had........it seems like the percentage of people that still feel that way has dropped considerably............Golden Ruler....Will........
    Virtual_Will_Rogers
  • --------" As long as we have oil men in the white house the government won't spend one cent for development of biofuel technology. "---------Brockie


    That's good. Just take a look at what getting government involved is doing to us now.

    What is needed is LOTS of people who want a solution that fits what we need economical, environmentally and socially to invest in alternative fuel technology and be the ones that own it.
    Not government, not rich elite monopoly owners.
    Just plain old ordinary people who want to provide for themselves, their families, and friends and neighbors.
    When huge profits are made---they should be distributed back to the people who depend on and produce the commodities that the profits come from.

    THAT is why it is so important that this type of technology be funded by the people who need it. Government, Greed, lust for power and profits, and total disregard for the rights of people and the environment are not a good basis for a social system.

    The people that own the means of production should be the people who depend on that same production. We are all in the same boat, we need to share the boat. The free market system is the way to do that.


    -------"......we were lucky on the most part.....our ancestors were concerned with trying to leave something for us that was better than they had........it seems like the percentage of people that still feel that way has dropped considerably............" VWR

    Our ancestors were mostly farmers who understood the need to take care of the land and water --- and we need to do the same thing today.

    In order to take care of the earth, we need to OWN the means of doing so. Owning the companies and technology that produce the fuel we need to replace oil protects that source the same as a farmer protects his fields. We need lots and lots of small investors with a stake in protecting and using biofuel technology and keeping it safe.

    When people can buy biodiesel that does exactly the same thing as oil, cheaper, better, less damaging and renewable---and it comes from people who care about them and the earth----what do you think people will buy?
    And when there is no profit in drilling for oil and destroying the earth what is going to happen to oil and the greedy people who are only in it to take what they can get for themselves?
    Wetdog
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  • RIP Big Oil...
    PlatoTacius
  • It is necessary for us to explore/exploit all sources of energy to sustain this civilization.
    Kylsport
  • Its only a matter of time before the B-leaders in congress will have to let a bipartisan vote on drilling come to pass...80% of All clear thinking Americans, want to Drill for Domestic Oil Now!
    Everything else is just Rhetoric!!!

    McCain 08
    McCain Knows What Americans Want!
    booboo_36564
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  • BooBoo...are you what the Indians called a ...contrar.....or do you really feel the way you say you do......and what does 80% of all clear thinking people amount to....can't be over 100 people......or do you mean 80% of all Nuclear thinking people.....led by the one that can not even pronounce Nuclear....Nucular George.....please put your picture on......I want to be able to see you coming.....I know what wet dogs look like already......I hope that wet dog keeps commenting....and some time in the future you sit and ponder some of the things he is trying to put across......Golden Ruler......Will......
    Virtual_Will_Rogers
  • there was a video clip on wkyc.com out of Cleveland, about a retired guy that was working in his garage for a cancer cure. He built a radio frequency generator and accidently discovered a frequency that would excite plain ole saltwater, and when you touched a spark to it, the salt water burned cleanly. I'm not sure how to implant the link here, but it's worth the time to look it up.
    allIknowis
  • ahhhh -- necessity is still the mother of invention
    Incredulous
  • Hey hey - BooBoo - what can one say that your name doesn't about how critical your thinking can be. Minds that see drilling for more oil to reduce the current expense of same as a solution ignore:
    - current global warming as a critical problem
    - pollution as a local problem
    - care more about their wallet than their children's future
    - do not realise seeking alternatives to fossil fuels is our only viable fuel solution for humanities future on the planet
    - do not realise seeking other means to energise ones home or business is the only sustainable energy use that will assure continued human existance
    and
    shows a distinct lack of overall knowledge and forward thinking.
    notonourwatch
  • I know us Americans too well... We will stick with the "old ways of doing things". Afterall - we've been using oil and gas for the past ump-teen years... Who cares if the old way is killing the US financially? We wont' forge ahead or thrive to be at the forefront of the sugarcane ethanol boom. Hells NO! Instead of having our own sugarcane ethanol industry, we will let some other country establish one... Then - as usual - the US will pay too much to import the bio-fuel from them. LOL And we wonder why we are behind so many other countries, industry-wise... DUH!
    Brotha_B

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