Algae-Based Energy Production

Algae @ Work: Rethinking Fueling Stations.

David E. Bell. 115.

Have you ever driven past a pond in the middle of a field that was so filled with green slime you could have probably walked across it? Well that disgusting sludge could be an environmentally responsible answer to our fuel addictions.

According to science.howstuffworks.com, Bio-diesel makers claim that a 1 acre pond filled with Algae can produce up to 100,000 gallons of Algae Bio-fuel per year. To meet our needs currently filled by crude oil, this would require 95 million acres producing some 140 billion gallons of Algae Bio-fuel per year. In comparison other Bio-fuel producing products, such as sugar cane and corn, require Billions of acres of land.

Needing only sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to grow, Algae is ridiculously easy to adapt to vertical growing methods reducing its footprint even further.

Here is a link to some interesting ideas on how to harness the amazing power of Algae:
http://www.algaecompetition.com/algae-slideshows/algae-biofuel/