The only real future lies in large scale speedbox production: Switchgrass fuel pellets for power generation (coal replacement / augment, stored in piles on the ground: no storage tanks), and ethanol and 2-5-dimethylfuran (dimethohol) from strawberry mass for electric and hybrid fuel / electric cars. The 20:1 land use efficiency alone decides it, since land must be available for biofuel production without displacing food production.
It is frightening how pathetic Sapphire Energy's slime fuel project is as compared to my project. Mine costs 1/9th as much and produces somewhere between 5.4 times (based on their original prospectus) and 981 times as much (based on their recent web interview production estimates) usable fuel.
But more frightening is that they managed to connive $400 million in grants and loans guarantees, where I get beat down almost? into the ghetto, and suffer a 5 year delay due to internet censorship.
This presentation is great! Algae versus E85 - According to a test by Edmunds, E85 costs about 22.8% more to run than gas. That's just a tax on people who think that ethanol is better for the environment. Algae-based fuel seems to have so many benefits. I'd love to see a lot more focus on algae and a lot less on corn-based ethanol.
The only real future lies in large scale speedbox production: Switchgrass fuel pellets for power generation (coal replacement / augment, stored in piles on the ground: no storage tanks), and ethanol and 2-5-dimethylfuran (dimethohol) from strawberry mass for electric and hybrid fuel / electric cars. The 20:1 land use efficiency alone decides it, since land must be available for biofuel production without displacing food production.
TerraformingMaster 2 months ago
It is frightening how pathetic Sapphire Energy's slime fuel project is as compared to my project. Mine costs 1/9th as much and produces somewhere between 5.4 times (based on their original prospectus) and 981 times as much (based on their recent web interview production estimates) usable fuel.
But more frightening is that they managed to connive $400 million in grants and loans guarantees, where I get beat down almost? into the ghetto, and suffer a 5 year delay due to internet censorship.
TerraformingMaster 2 months ago
I do agree I think fuel from Algae will be huge. Bill Gates, MS etc have invested lots of money into research on fuel from algae.
stockjonebills 1 year ago
This presentation is great! Algae versus E85 - According to a test by Edmunds, E85 costs about 22.8% more to run than gas. That's just a tax on people who think that ethanol is better for the environment. Algae-based fuel seems to have so many benefits. I'd love to see a lot more focus on algae and a lot less on corn-based ethanol.
Adonathema 2 years ago