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Forget Fuel, Algae Could Help Feed the World

Forbes -- Five years ago, algae was the “it” feedstock in the biofuel realm. The idea of taking an organism that feeds off of CO2 and using it to create fuel was as intoxicating to research scientists as it was to venture capitalists. Financing was available to fund the placement of extremely expensive photobioreactors next to power plants. Decades-old research from the National Renewable Energy Lab proved that some strains of algae could effectively be used to create high-grade fuels. Startup CEOs talked of being able to produce algae-based biofuels cheaply and at a large scale within the three to five years.

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Submitted May 07, 2012 By: eromitlab
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okay...whatever works the best...there should be enough of that stuff for everything...I have met a lot of slimy FUNGI!!!
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Yeah - we've heard this...
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Okay lets use corn to fuel cars and algae to feed humans. huh?
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why not
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hmmmmm
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the more the merry
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I'm going to set up a fish tank right now.
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interesting article.
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got it
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sweet
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Would you like a Spoonfull of green slime on your spagetti??
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Have to wait and see on this one...
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Green slime, not for me.
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Decades away from it becoming even a small reality.
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Let us hope that we are not being teased.
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ok
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Hahaha. Junk science. It could help but it won't.
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Come again?
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TIME WILL TELL!
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An example of not being able to make it on it's own, standby a Govt. grant should be on it's way.
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but where is the energy coming from to feed the world?
reduce, re-use, recycle the refuse of the world
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Extremely expensive photobioreactors would require extremely expensive pump prices.
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wow...
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Interesting.
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Yummy.
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read
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Another mad scientist thought this one up.
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Produce something tangible.
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Algae from fuel, corn for food
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So now we use food (corn) for fuel and fuel (algae) for food. What next?
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"Yeah, I'll have a Double Soylent Green Burger, a large Algae Fries, and some Syntha-Chicken Strips. And could I get a double thick Choco-Algae Shake with that?"
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Just don't breath the fumes. Kiss your lungs good by.
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I don't know algae could help feed the world,but seaweed can.
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bigoilscamsUS I Hope your wrong, But I do agree with you!
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Algae tastes better with a side order of bugs.
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I guess Oxozo really likes the green pond scum that he samples more and more from his campaign results.
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So many alternatives but algae probably isn't the answer
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maybe we will turn into little green men
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Sounds yummy!
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Go for it.
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Why should Obama waste it on fuel when only 1 cup is 129% of adult requirement for protein?

Some food for thought.........
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Then why aren't we producing more biofuels?
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President Algae wants to develope this fuel overnight to save the world. This Administration is so out of touch with reality its scary!
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I don't know about algae but I sure do like seaweed.
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