In the ever increasing search for the next viable fuel option, corn and soy based ethanol’s have been the leaders in bio-fuel. That is until now! Soy and corn based fuels aren’t that promising…seeing as we would have to some how pull a lot of land out of nowhere to support the country’s fuel demands, among other environmental no-no’s. Luckily, innovators in the field are seeking other alternatives, including the huge potential of using algae.
So that green sludge that grows on my fish tank could actually create enough fuel for a Porsche? Apparently, hell yeah! Algae are one of the fastest growing “plants” in the world. Just one acre of algae can produce as much fuel in 10 days as the same amount of corn or soy could in a year. The oil the algae produce can then be harvested and converted into biodiesel. While the algae’s carbohydrate content can be fermented into ethanol. Both are much cleaner-burning fuels than petroleum-based diesel or gas.
Massachusetts-based GreenFuel Technologies has decided to reap the benefits of the CO2 loving blob, and taken it a step further by placing their algae farms near smoke-stacks to reduce emissions from the stacks during the growing process. So the green goo takes a bite out of global warming emissions before it even gets pumped into a gas tank. Brilliant!
I just had to share….seriously how cool is this?! Besides, we all want to breath cleaner air, and pay less for gas!
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I want an algae car. But I think it will make me sushi all the time.