#4 Vertigro - Gas, Diesel, Biofuel production from algae

[RedMarineNex]

Great and interesting, but the background noise is so bad I can't listen to it without getting a headache. You could just put the audio through a bandpass filter to make this watchable.

[cjsmuller]

Algae oil is probably the only source of bio-diesel that competes with hemp. The Diesel engine and Henry Ford hemp car was designed to run off vegetable oil based fuels, but the big corporations and america supressed this since their is way more money to be made from rarer, more expensive depleting fossil fuels and war.

[anger42]

Id like to know how to get the green powder into fuel...any comments? I seriously think if you can make this efficient...we will control our energy independence.

[Ek0]

Algae produces a large amount of lipids(fats). The fat it produces resembles vegetable oil. They already have engines that can use vegetable oil to create energy in a motor.

Since algae produces SUBSTANTIAL amounts MORE oil than other plants... it gives algae huge economic potential.

Algae also uses lots of CO2 to grow. When you burn the fuel, it adds CO2 to the environment. However creating the oil from algae doesnt ADD MORE co2 to the environment. It maintains status quo in the end.

[hablerz]

@anger42 Its the same as making biodiesel i think , u break the natural oil the algae produces down by using caustic soda , then the fuel itself needs to be dried, probably using alcohol.

I dont think the process is quite efficient to compete with the price of regular diesel right now. I think the algae could use sewerage as a growth medium , thereby killing 2 birds with one stone although i havent heard that mentioned yet.