Biofuels, algae and vegetarianism

Friends,

Algae is likely going to establish itself as the main
source of raw material (oil) for biofuel production. 
I mean you can grow the stuff over a toxic waste site
and it will clean it as it grows.  You can then
(believe it or not) eat the algae and get super
healthy.  It is truly amazing stuff.

I think it is important to remember that over 90% of
the arable (farmable) land in the world is used for
meat and dairy production.  The land is used mainly to
grow cereal crops (GMO these days) to feed the animals
and also to keep the animals on the land and let them
graze.

If you really want to make a difference when it comes
to feeding starving people then eat vegetarian, vegan
or raw.  It will make a huge impact.

Thanks for listening,

Chris Iverson


--- Felix Kersting <[email protected]> wrote:

> this could be great, since I have a moral problem
> with growing food to 
> make fuel while others are under nourished....
> 
> Felix
> >
> > Yes, I heard talk of cytoculture for oil
> production while up at a Cold 
> > Weather Biofuel workshop in Seattle. Some of the
> bio folks up there 
> > are working on a grant to build such an algae
> colony contraption. 
> > Sounds weird but cool and if the claims are true,
> the oil yield from 
> > algae would be much higher than food crop yields.
> >
> > There was also talk of a company in Japan working
> on an alternative 
> > catalyst to lye, based on sugar molecules.
> >
> >
>
http://watthead.blogspot.com/2005/11/new-inexpensive-and-efficienct-organic.html
> 
> >
> >
> > On Dec 13, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Chad Patteson wrote:
> >
> >>   "Solix Biofuels Inc., a startup company based
> in Boulder, is
> >> working with Colorado State University engineers
> to commercialize
> >> technology that can cheaply mass produce oil
> derived from algae and
> >> turn it into biodiesel..."
> >>   "Colorado State [University] and Solix
> officials are collaborating
> >> with New Belgium Brewing Co. to use excess carbon
> dioxide from the
> >> brewery's plant to test the algae-based biodiesel
> process."
> >>   ""With algae, we can get 7,000 to 10,000
> gallons of diesel fuel per
> >> acre per year," Willson says. "We get only 50 to
> 100 gallons per acre
> >> per year with canola or soy.""
> >>
> >> Some technical details and picts:
> >>
>
http://welcome.colostate.edu/index.asp?url=programs_algae
> >>
> >> Dec 7 Press Release:
> >>
>
http://www.newsinfo.colostate.edu/index.asp?url=news_item_display&news_item_id=373795755
> 
> >>
> >>
> >> Also:
> >> http://solixbiofuels.com/
> >>
> >> -chad
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