Augsburg College Releases Biodiesel Miracle

[happinesson]

biodiesel is more eco-friendly than any other form of fuel! It emits less harmful smoke when being burn into energy. I am pro-biodiesel!

[eastern2western]

but the reporter forget the process of high energy input

[miguelmouta]

Man, try to learn about biofuels with brazilians. And political lies with USA , after their WWII dirty nazi friendship. LONG LIVE THE BRIC COUNTRIES.

[Beau1K]

Grand opening was Sept. '09 - they claim 10,000 gallons/day - we'll see...I don't think the oil companies can do anything to stop it.

[johnny102marvin]

Will the people who control the oil industry allow this technology to come forth?

[azmina07]

Am so proud of my school and the department i belong to as a student

[scrillarod]

Minnesota rocks

[MysteryManoLove]

Awesome video, I'm not a hippie but I love seeing more innovative ways of doing things. I love science benefiting us with maximum efficiency.

[flintstone9812]

see the following site for an eye opening video about growing alga in vertically hanging bio-reactors. 100,00 gallons per acre per year is nothing to sneeze at.

[dlsnfl]

sure it does. Thats why we have such high priced energy right now, because its been around for half a decade. Next time pass

on what ever your smoking.

[BioEnergySustTechUF]

Don't know if it's been said yet, but this video shows the exact same process that has been used for making biodiesel for nearly half a decade.

[NSResponder]

Nope. It's a new catalytic process, that can take a much wider variety of feedstocks, and works much faster than the previous methods.

Google for Evercat Fuels to get the details.

-jcr

[mbpatelin]

video not response

[leepan]

food become energy?..... i have to agree with stonerjOe.

First it is the waste management.... I think it would be money making buss. to whom it may concern.

[commandersprocket]

Think algae oil, it can be grown on non-arable land and grows faster than any other crop.

[brotherlou7754]

algae is the best,no other plant life grows faster than it,it grows anywhere,it converts carbon dioxide to oxygen the cause of greenhouse gases.does not compete for land used for food crops. oil from the ground is mostly algae,how do we get capitol hill to see its potential to get the good ol u.s.a. off its addiction to petroleum.

[DJWROCKS]

First of all, should we actually listen to someone who calls himself "stonerj0e" and second of all I go to Augsburg so I am awesome.

[stonerj0e]

cool, the price of *all* food will go up now! i only say that because if you can make fuel out of any crop then all the crops become tied to the fuel commodities market. only ADM, Monsanto, and Cargill will benefit from this whole thing. hope you like the high prices!!!!

[maniacbastard]

You didn't listen to the video. He is targeting waste oil generating products primarily, but used some food oils for his experiments. Algae oil is a good example, it is generally not a food stuff and can be tuned to create lot of oil on crap land with crappy water sources.

I share your concern about food and crops but if someone can make biodiesel from algae that feed on wastewater (shit water) or someone uses grass clippings to make cellulose ethanol, I am all for it.

[charles43110]

@maniacbastard Propaganda to state raising crops for fuel makes food more expensive.  Several nations have already banned gasoline. Huge amounts of American corn are used for fuel. Go to a grocery store. Are cans of corn higher priced than peas or beans? NO!!! In 5 years USA could end petrol fuels.

[thoostorm4]

@maniacbastard allyoou and you ignorant ass can do is sit you fatass at yer comp n click yerouse so dhut it

[thewheelman]

Good stuff!

[likatitinja]

Mama and Papa are very proud of their boy. Papa