Algae: 'The ultimate in renewable energy'

[Matt Rogers]

I found this to be very interesting!

Algae: 'The ultimate in renewable energy' - CNN.com

Algae are among the fastest growing plants in the world, and about 50 percent of their weight is oil. That lipid oil can be used to make biodiesel for cars, trucks, and airplanes...

"By going vertical, you can get a lot more surface area to expose cells to the sunlight. It keeps the algae hanging in the sunlight just long enough to pick up the solar energy they need to produce, to go through photosynthesis," he said....

Kertz said he can produce about 100,000 gallons of algae oil a year per acre, compared to about 30 gallons per acre from corn; 50 gallons from soybeans....

Locating algae processing plants intelligently can add to their efficiency. Locating algae facilities next to carbon producing power plants, or manufacturing plants, for instance, the plants could sequester the C02 they create and use those emissions to help grow the algae, which need the C02 for photosynthesis.

[cuttingras]

and here we all were just scrapin and tossin LOL that would be cool and I wonder if reefers can get good paying jobs there??

[ReefSparky]

Originally Posted by Matt Rogers

Algae are among the fastest growing plants in the world

Heck, I could have told you that!!

[Matt Rogers]

Originally Posted by ReefSparky

Heck, I could have told you that!!

Yeah. That's an easy one.