Algal Biodiesel... What?!

Hmmm Manolis1080 I can't help but wonder if you don't work for the government A.K.A. big oil. The ratio of land use to oil yeild has already been determined the leftover biomass has also been determined to be a good vehicle for the production of ethanol... or high protien animal feed. It's a matter of time and isolating the best species of algae, that will grow sufficiently and yeild the most fat or Vegatable Oil. Try not to be so closed minded my friend there are many brilliant minds on this.

It's true that MB has developed many Diesel inventions. But Honda has put together an amazing program in a short period of time, including inventing and applying for a patent on a electrically powered plasma catalyst that does not require urea.

look, i'm no expert. i dont have it written down how much it costs. but its cheap enough to sell commercially. but they need big bucks to build the big closed environment, since its not open pond where they're harvesting algae. it takes 24 hours to double itself. in other words its the fastest growing organism on earth. so its doesnt take 50 years.

Algae doubles in size every 4 hours, eats co2 and produces oxygen and can produce 10,000 to 20,000 gallons of biodiesel per acre per year or more. There are problems, but I saw some research that even making it in the lab is currently cost effective, which is generally never the case. (Yes I know sources would make me look less a fool so take this with a grain or two of salt :))