Algae farm in Mexico to produce ethanol in '09
- added June 30, 2008
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- jay_ct
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I've started reading up on this and this sounds like a very promising technology.
As with any alternative energy prospects we must investment in it in order to
make it efficient and cost-effective.
As with any alternative energy prospects we must investment in it in order to
make it efficient and cost-effective.
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The thing I wonder is will this algea farm need fertilzer?
If so then I feel that the production of alganol for feul will only lead to more problems for the oceans.
I saw a doc. on sugar-cane fields (sure-cane used for its ethanol extraction). The coral reef is dying; the fertilizers from the cane fields over-produce a type of marine animal that feed off and kill the reef.
There will always be a side effect until we can commit to new technology that will elimiate the need for fuel and pollution.
~Faith -
Something has to die in order for something else to live. It's the way of nature.
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Hey J_Jammer you are probably right. Its the way of nature. That's the way it is so all you can do is go forward and keep experimenting and developing and hope it all works out. What else can you do? Some people have a hard time with that, but that is the way of nature.
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Finaly a new way to create ethanol WITHOUT skyrocketing the price of corn.
honestly, im tired of all of this ethanol crap though. its not our solution. people in Brazil are cutting down whole forests to make place for corn to make ethanol! the forests are more important than anything else to keep our atmosphere intact because they take all that Carbon Dioxide and filter it out of our air. if we dont have the forests we are completely defenseless from the poisons we are giving out. -
"Something has to die in order for something else to live. It's the way of nature. "
Yeah.. We're probably the first something and everything else is the other something.-
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- Purplepanda0o0o
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Well you can't save everything and you'll most certainly die trying.
It's just like the saying that says you can't please everyone you'll end up pleasing no one. -
I think ethanol can be a good transitional energy source but we must be smart about how its produced. There are many options other than food sources.
Corn is one of the the least efficient sources for producing ethanol and using any food source helps to drive up the cost of food in general. Not to mention environmental effects from fertilizers and depleting the soil of nutrients.
Corn from ethanol is not good (except for farmers) unfortunately Congress thinks differently. -
This sounds a lot more efficient than biofuels coming from corn, and it would avoid the tremendous instability created in the food markets.
At this point, I don't think biofuels are the answer. I think we should be setting our sights in maximizing the efficiency of solar and wind resources.-
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- AnaMireles
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Algae IS the answer!
It's renewable. It's a non-food crop. It doesn't aid deforestation. It grows much faster than terrestrial crops. It doesn't require freshwater. And it removes large quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Corn, soy, and sugarcane can't compare.
Certainly, we should still maximize our solar and wind resources but how do they help curb our dependence on fossil fuels in our cars? They don't. -
Algae will work if people are not stupid as they have been in the past: destroying forests to make way for corn crops. but honestly i doubt it.
Solar, wind and water help curb it. I definitly want 100% as much advancements made to make those resources cheaper, mainstreamed and efficient as ever. That will be the first major steps into taking that Carbon cloud out from over our heads.
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