ALGAE -- THE HOLY GRAIL OF BIOFUEL?

If all this is true - it should have been implemented already...why hasn't it?

I saw a video tonight "Eastwood Algae Biofuel Demo" where they were running a tractor and a lawnmower on algae power. Neat stuff.

*looks at 10m wide dam outside thats covered in algae..*

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm!?!? ;)

big oil companys dont like this do they

most definately not - like the hemp oil industry... google "the many uses of hemp" or something like that - I got an email with a whole list of stuff, like how ford built a car made of hemp plastics that was as strong as steel etc..

The real beauty of this is, after the oil is pressed out of the algae pulp, the pulp can be fermented to create ethanol. The pulp remaining AFTER the ethanol production can be used as food product for livestock, or as fertilizer. And anything left over after that I'm sure will have applications as well.

Its only a problem so long as its a price point for the energy companies.  Once the cost of algae production becomes competitive with fossil fuels, you will see the energy companies embrace it whole heartedly. Its only a matter of time. =)

Part of the beauty of algae is that you can grow it in pretty much any quality of water - even water unsuitable for drinking or other uses. PLUS - in a closed-loop system like you see here, the water is recycled, so you lose almost none to evaporation.

this is just 1 of three plants that can literally save our planet. the other 2 are hemp and flax, all 3 can be used together, and they each can be made into a variety of different things, from super food to medicine to paper, plastics, cosmetics, clothes, fuel, u name it. too bad big business and government cares more about the other "green" (dollar bills) than they do about saving the planet and human race

Yea it's funny how the government gives us incentives to be "green" but they won't put money into real bio-fuels like the ones you mentioned. I think right now it is up to independent companies and organizations to start this process and in time we can at least replace gasoline with bio-diesel.