Bugs for a better tomorrow
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We don't have to use our food (e.g. corn) to produce fuel:
algae to produce fuel while absorbing co2
High Density Vertical Bioreactor
valcent.net/s/Ecotech.asp?ReportID=182039
youtube.com/watch?v=_ToojK_MJd0
...uses only light, water and air to create fuel...algae-to-biofuel technology mass produces algae, vegetable oil which is suitable for refining into a cost-effective, non-polluting biodiesel. The algae derived fuel will be an energy efficient replacement for fossil fuels and can be used in any diesel powered vehicle or machinery. In addition, 90% by weight of the algae is captured carbon dioxide, which is "sequestered" by this process and so contributes significantly to the reduction of greenhouse gases. Valcent has commissioned the world's first commercial-scale bioreactor pilot project at its test facility in El Paso, Texas.
Current data projects high yields of algae biomass, which will be harvested and processed into algal oil for biofuel feedstock and ingredients in food, pharmaceutical, and health and beauty products at a significantly lower cost than comparable oil-producing crops such as palm and soyabean (soybean)...one-tenth of the surface of New Mexico would be enough with this new, simple, environmentally-friendly technology to produce enough energy for the entire United States...valcent.net...main product are Vertical Vegetable Growing Systems...still in the process of testing and improving their Algae biofuel technology..."...research and development team...completed twelve months of the algae vertical bioreactor development program. During a 90-day continual production test, algae was being harvested at an average of one gram (dry weight) per liter. This equates to algae bio mass production of 276 tons of algae per acre per year. Achieving the same biomass production rate with an algal species having 50% lipids (oil) content would therefore deliver approximately 33,000 gallons of algae oil per acre per year."
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"War is terrorism with a bigger budget"
itmfa.org
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911ops.blogspot.com
thefutureoffood.com/resources.htm
i-sis.org.uk/theBiogasEconomyArrives.php
mayfirst.org
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fromthesoilup.com.au/images/stories/hydroponic_program.pdf
permaculture.org
We don't have to use our food (e.g. corn) to produce fuel:
algae to produce fuel while absorbing co2
High Density Vertical Bioreactor
valcent.net/s/Ecotech.asp?ReportID=182039
youtube.com/watch?v=_ToojK_MJd0
...uses only light, water and air to create fuel...algae-to-biofuel technology mass produces algae, vegetable oil which is suitable for refining into a cost-effective, non-polluting biodiesel. The algae derived fuel will be an energy efficient replacement for fossil fuels and can be used in any diesel powered vehicle or machinery. In addition, 90% by weight of the algae is captured carbon dioxide, which is "sequestered" by this process and so contributes significantly to the reduction of greenhouse gases. Valcent has commissioned the world's first commercial-scale bioreactor pilot project at its test facility in El Paso, Texas.
Current data projects high yields of algae biomass, which will be harvested and processed into algal oil for biofuel feedstock and ingredients in food, pharmaceutical, and health and beauty products at a significantly lower cost than comparable oil-producing crops such as palm and soyabean (soybean)...one-tenth of the surface of New Mexico would be enough with this new, simple, environmentally-friendly technology to produce enough energy for the entire United States...valcent.net...main product are Vertical Vegetable Growing Systems...still in the process of testing and improving their Algae biofuel technology..."...research and development team...completed twelve months of the algae vertical bioreactor development program. During a 90-day continual production test, algae was being harvested at an average of one gram (dry weight) per liter. This equates to algae bio mass production of 276 tons of algae per acre per year. Achieving the same biomass production rate with an algal species having 50% lipids (oil) content would therefore deliver approximately 33,000 gallons of algae oil per acre per year."
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"War is terrorism with a bigger budget"
itmfa.org
======
911ops.blogspot.com
thefutureoffood.com/resources.htm
i-sis.org.uk/theBiogasEconomyArrives.php
mayfirst.org
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fromthesoilup.com.au/images/stories/hydroponic_program.pdf
permaculture.org
posted by St. Jim the Composter at 7:29 AM
1 Comments:
Jim,
Awesome article and resource. I've just recently started a little blog and website (magical salt marshes) and I am inspired and re-energized daily with this fertile place. I am a true believer in algal fuels. It is sooo brilliant...nature that is!
Best and your fan,
E
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