Friday, March 27, 2009

Turning Algae into America's New Energy

Whoa!! Hold on. the use of gas is over the top .More then ever befor. This is not good because it may not be poluting the atmosfear and we will run out soon. there,s a new energy in the form of algae. Yes Algea. It's simple the oil it produces is able to be harvested and turned into biodiesel and the algae’s carbohydrate content can be fermented into ethanol. Both are much cleaner-burning fuels than petroleum-based diesel or gas. The reality is more complex. Trying to grow concentrations of the organism is a bit like trying to balance the water in a fish tank. It’s also expensive. The water needs to be the right temperature for algae to proliferate, and even then open ponds can become killed with invasive species. Atmospheric levels of CO2 also aren’t high enough to spur exponential growth. So hopefuly this is a good direction we can good.



By Rico Javier and Paco

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