A group of scientists from Kansas State University is attempting to make biofuels easier to afford by making them from algae. Not only will algae fuel be cheaper, but a growing it in America will create jobs for more Americans.
The scientists will be debating whether algae grown on specialized rafts in the ocean would provide a cheaper green energy source. Growing the biofuels on the rafts will provide a cheaper source of water and sunlight and nutrients that are necessary for the algea to grow. The platforms that they are growing on are made out of aluminum and dimpled to make it easier to scrape off and process the algae into fuel.
So far the algea has responded well to the aluminum dimpled surface but the scientists do not know why.
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