Pond Scum As Green Alternative Is More Appetizing Than It Sounds - For Fuel

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 14:10 in Physics & Chemistry

A new analysis shows that America could produce almost 9% of its annual energy needs -  25 billion gallons of fuel - using algae. But it will take a lot of water. Algae are plump with oil and various research teams and companies are pursuing ways to improve the creation of biofuels based on algae – growing algae composed of more oil, creating algae that live longer and thrive in cooler temperatures, or devising new ways to separate out the useful oil from the rest of the algae. read more

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