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Algae Could One Day Be Major Hydrogen Fuel Source

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LOL Yeah, like how could anybody screw up algae? It even grows when and where you don't want it to! LOL Actually on that program I saw, they showed it being farmed VERTICALLY and taking up a fraction of the area that acres and acres of corn would. It was really interesting.
 
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HUGE problem with taking up CORN.....Soon the price for using "CORN-Fuel" will greatly drive up the price of our eats.......

Cuz farmers grow what sells the best you know...... supply and demand will someday catch up to that market.
 
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Corn is not generally used in biodiesel production. Soy seems to be the leading crop for that. However, corn is used in ethanol for E85. There are alternatives to food crops and algae looks to be very promising for a number of different fuel sources.
 
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Algae will win out.
with the vertical tanks you were talking about, one company expects to be able to produce 100,000 Gallons per year per acre. No, that's not a typo, one hundred thousand gallons...
You can't beat that land use to fuel made ratio, period.
 
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