Inside Solix Labs

You're looking for a clean fuel that grows anywhere, needs only sunlight and water, and could produce enough oil to free the U.S. from its petroleum addiction? It's not ethanol you're after. Imagine converting oil from algae—yes, algae—into clean-burning biodiesel. Here's one start-up's plan to turn gas extremely green

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[roidroid]

this stuff produces ethanol too, not just biodiesel.

[roidroid]

i am unsure.

i'd guess more than corn, but you should look it up before quoting that.

[melrobRTF]

If you want to buy algae for biofuel go to: algae-planet(dot)com 

[maxhassouna]

hi all,And How much would this project cost to put up?and what is the output?

[YouAdamNazzkl0wn]

some deatils would have been nice.

[COOLGUYBENTLEY]

Neet! Great things to look forward to in the future! :)

[vancouverbluz]

Yes, under but it will take time, by that time, we'll be getting most of our energy from space solar satelites. lol

[COOLGUYBENTLEY]

Would that algae that is put back into the oil fields turn back into oil? Pretty neet stuff.

[vancouverbluz]

southern YES! Although it is carbon neutral, it will replace carbon negative fuels like petro and allow the natural carbon cycle to work again. In the future when we are fully on bio, we can even sink the highly carbon enriched algae back into old depleted oil fields again thus taking that carbon completely out of the cycle! BRAVE NEW WORLD!

[hyperkinetic]

Other videos I've seen vary somewhat in their numbers, but are generally pretty close. Corn yields 13 gallons of ethanol per acre, current algae production varies between 1,000 gallons and 10,000 of bio-diesel. BTW: Bio-diesel has a greater energy density,meaning you can go farther on less fuel.

[Al989898]

compared to corn, how much more?