In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 This company is experimenting with producing vegetable oil from algae aka pond scum, in a vertical, high yield, closed-loop system. Most corn or soybean crops can yield 20-30 barrels of oil per acre per year. This technique is estimated to yield up to 100,000 barrels per acre per year! CNN video Biomass Magazine article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Sorry folks...false alarm...nothing to see here...this fraud is now property of Exxon/Mobil Corp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 This is going to run up the cost of bottled water because the politicians will allow the greedy capitalist bastards to write off their use of water and there won't be any left to fill the bottles headed for Southern California and the Southern Tier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 oh yeah, forgot to mention a few other interesting facts... algae sequesters 90% of it's weight in carbon dioxide, read this as takes greenhouse gases out of the air. under the Kyoto Protocol (ok, so our fearless leaders refused to sign it, don't bore me with the details...), companies get paid for this stuff, in some kinda reverse pollution credit, currently about $15 per ton. a system based on this technology would remove about 270 tons of carbon dioxide per acre per year per acre in its current development state we're makin' money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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