Could Algae Be Oil's Next Competitor?

Scientists in Southern California are trying to design the next oil, and it may be floating in most oceans and ponds. Researchers say algae may be the next alternative to oil. The AP's John Mone reports. (April 27)

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[Flirmy]

growing it with lights seems strange, can you get more energy off the oil you skim from the top than you need to power the lights? The answer has to be no, without some form of chemical catalyst

[FungusAmongUs411]

sounds good

[walter0bz]

competitor to oil = wishful thinking.

besides, oil IS millions of years of accumulated algae & other 'biofuel'. how can renewable fuel ever match what civilization is used to from splurging a 'lottery win'

[datzfast]

alge competing with oil? not in a million years

[ranskye1]

@ranskye1 i hear you. though ash is made up of carbon compounds and other locked up minerals, then the carbon compounds in ash would need to be assimilated later and then put back into the air. if we burn oil, but we make some kind of building material from the other material left over after oil extraction rather than use as a feedstock, then we can lock the carbon up. that to me might mean it is better than carbon neutral.

[dyingtolive123]

@ranskye1 the growth will make oxygen while using co2, then the burning will release co2 back into the atmosphere. growth and burning it should equal out co2 and make it carbon neutral

[ranskye1]

how is algae carbon neutral when it produces oxygen the entire growth cycle.

[TheDog9892]

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[TheDog9892]

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[mphello]

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[mphello]

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[TheDog9892]

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