Algae Bio Mass Farms can produce up to 33,000 gallons of oil per acre per year!
Boone Pickens is trying to make a difference. I am trying to make a difference. There is a way to make Oil that is not getting much press.
This process is to make Fuel from Algae. This process is clean. This process is renewable. This process won't drive up food prices like the process from corn to ethanol - quite the opposite in my opinion. I believe prices would begin to come down for the commodities related to energy. This Algae I am referring to, is not grown in ponds. This Algae is grown in a closed system - a Bio Reactor. Each Algae Cell typically contains 50% oil or more. By comparing corn against Algae - there is no comparison. The film clip indicates that one acre of corn will produce 18 - 25 gallons of oil yearly. One acre of Algae will produce 33,000 gallons of oil yearly. With some land dedicated to this process, all of our oil needs could be satisfied. Imports from foreign oil would drop drastically. We wouldn't have to drill either anymore - either offshore or in the Arctic. It is estimated that 1/10th of the land mass of New Mexico dedicated to this process could produce all of our oil needs.
Another great thing about this is that different strains of Algae can produce different types of fuel. I.e. diesel, gas, fuel oil and more can be produced by these means. These Algae Bio Reactors could be built near where the refineries are. That would cut down on the transportation of the oil as we know it now. How much would that save? There are a few more things about this Plan. This Algae Oil Production will use up carbon dioxide which will help with the Green House Effect that we are having. Algae needs carbon dioxide to grow. Growing corn causes a lot of fuel hydrocarbons to be released into the atmosphere and adds to pollutants.
I want the same thing that Boone Pickens is striving for. To use every means possible to cut back on our imports of oil - now! Not 10 years from now. I want the best way to produce energy. I hope Boone takes a look at this idea and gives it some thought. Personally, I think this is the very best idea I have heard of so far to date. I have not heard of one bad thing yet about producing Oil from Algae.
Take a look at the Valcent Site. It explains it well.
Don't be misled about the lower cost of oil at this time. Once we get out of this recession the price of oil will rise again and the pain will re-emerge once again from the high cost of fuel for driving and heating.
This is a great idea and I hope you can appreciate this Plan. This Plan really needs to be explored and needs your help for it to work. You need to write your Senators and Representatives about this Plan. I am hopeful that once they learn of the significance of this Plan that they will give incentives so this Plan can start producing sooner than later!
Remember, it took us about 10 years from start to finish to achieve one of man's greatest achievments - Going to the Moon! We did it three times. No other country has achieved this even with modern technology. We now have another Challenge - to get off Foreign Oil and to retain our way of life and all the choices we hold dear. This can be achieved by going all out on producing Oil from Algae and developing the latest technologies to do this.
http://www.valcent.net/i/misc/Vertigro/index.html
This is Valcent's Web Site. Check it out!
http://www.valcent.net/s/Ecotech.asp?ReportID=182039
This process is to make Fuel from Algae. This process is clean. This process is renewable. This process won't drive up food prices like the process from corn to ethanol - quite the opposite in my opinion. I believe prices would begin to come down for the commodities related to energy. This Algae I am referring to, is not grown in ponds. This Algae is grown in a closed system - a Bio Reactor. Each Algae Cell typically contains 50% oil or more. By comparing corn against Algae - there is no comparison. The film clip indicates that one acre of corn will produce 18 - 25 gallons of oil yearly. One acre of Algae will produce 33,000 gallons of oil yearly. With some land dedicated to this process, all of our oil needs could be satisfied. Imports from foreign oil would drop drastically. We wouldn't have to drill either anymore - either offshore or in the Arctic. It is estimated that 1/10th of the land mass of New Mexico dedicated to this process could produce all of our oil needs.
Another great thing about this is that different strains of Algae can produce different types of fuel. I.e. diesel, gas, fuel oil and more can be produced by these means. These Algae Bio Reactors could be built near where the refineries are. That would cut down on the transportation of the oil as we know it now. How much would that save? There are a few more things about this Plan. This Algae Oil Production will use up carbon dioxide which will help with the Green House Effect that we are having. Algae needs carbon dioxide to grow. Growing corn causes a lot of fuel hydrocarbons to be released into the atmosphere and adds to pollutants.
I want the same thing that Boone Pickens is striving for. To use every means possible to cut back on our imports of oil - now! Not 10 years from now. I want the best way to produce energy. I hope Boone takes a look at this idea and gives it some thought. Personally, I think this is the very best idea I have heard of so far to date. I have not heard of one bad thing yet about producing Oil from Algae.
Take a look at the Valcent Site. It explains it well.
Don't be misled about the lower cost of oil at this time. Once we get out of this recession the price of oil will rise again and the pain will re-emerge once again from the high cost of fuel for driving and heating.
This is a great idea and I hope you can appreciate this Plan. This Plan really needs to be explored and needs your help for it to work. You need to write your Senators and Representatives about this Plan. I am hopeful that once they learn of the significance of this Plan that they will give incentives so this Plan can start producing sooner than later!
Remember, it took us about 10 years from start to finish to achieve one of man's greatest achievments - Going to the Moon! We did it three times. No other country has achieved this even with modern technology. We now have another Challenge - to get off Foreign Oil and to retain our way of life and all the choices we hold dear. This can be achieved by going all out on producing Oil from Algae and developing the latest technologies to do this.
http://www.valcent.net/i/misc/Vertigro/index.html
This is Valcent's Web Site. Check it out!
http://www.valcent.net/s/Ecotech.asp?ReportID=182039
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Permalink Reply by Henry on -
We just have to vote them out. I believe in term limits. Good luck there! These guys are in empire building and getting backhanders. Looks like one just got caught in time for the election.
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Permalink Reply by JEFF ADAMS on -
I agree term limits and earmarks have got to go.We need the young people to get active in politics and start watching c-span so they can vote responsibly.;-)
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Permalink Reply by Henry on
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It is going to be very hard for someone in power to vote in favor of giving up that power. How do you go about making that change? All I know is that most of the people in Washington are very ineffective. They just keep blaming the oil companies for this predicament and want to tax them. No solution there whatsoever. We are getting killed with the prices going up at the pumps. Just about 3 weeks ago NG was up about 4 times over what it was last year. How about paying a winter heating bill with those numbers. Fortunately the price has come down a bit. I don't just want to complain, but I would like a solution. If everyone reading this would write to their representatives in Washington to get this Algae to Oil Program started things would improve drastically. The reasoning is to lite a fire under those Reps &and Senators and get them to do something. This is the best idea, IMO and as you know I am strongly endorsing it. Keep your comments coming!
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Permalink Reply by Home Wind Turbine on -
You have to have a real democracy to have term limits. So, that will never work. :)
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Permalink Reply by Henry on
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Yes, I have heard that also. The short film clip also states that different strains of algae can produce different types of fuel.
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Permalink Reply by JEFF ADAMS on
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The more I learn about the algae the more promising it looks.
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Permalink Reply by Henry on
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Me too! I have not found one thing about the algae program yet that is negative. The only thing is that it in its infancy and is not yet proven except on a small scale. But I believe that the technology will make this idea work way beyond our wildest dreams. Can you even start to imagine how stable the world would become with Algae producing all of our oil needs?
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Permalink Reply by Kenneth Koch on -
1. There is no infromation on how much these bio-reactors will cost.
2. They seem to need a high concentration of CO2 in the air in order to meet production goals.
That said: I would like to get to the point where we make our own fuel. -
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Permalink Reply by JEFF ADAMS on
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Kenneth Koch commented on the large quantities of CO2 needed.They already use CO2 and water to strip the last remaining oil out of underground shale deposits.It strips the oil and sequesters the CO2 underground, it kills 2 birds with one stone.They buy the CO2 from captured sources at the oil refineries.The same can be done for algae I would think.The algae would also sequester the CO2.The very gas we're trying to get rid of.Am I right?
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Permalink Reply by Henry on
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I have to answer you here about your question on CO2 which Kenneth Koch was asking about. His question and your question did not have that "reply to this" at the end of the quesion.
I think we do need to control our CO2 levels. Burning fossil fuels and deforestation increases CO2. Go to this site. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming
However, I also think that there will be a balance with the Algae to Oil Production. CO2 will both be used in the production and then then released in the burning of the fuel.
I must say it again, I believe that technology will make this happen.
I have no idea what the cost is going to be to build these plants. But we need the oil and whatever the cost, we won't have to send our money to foreigners. It will be cheap compared to continuing to buy our oil from other countries.
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Permalink Reply by Thomas on -
CNN is running a great TV program this week at 1900 E.T. "THE INDEPENDENTS CONVENTION". Tons of shocking facts concerning Senate and Congress corruption. The f.y.2009 Energy Independence Bill is loaded with pork worth $3.5 Billion that does nothing to fix America's problems. Who do you think benefits? Check it out!
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Permalink Reply by Henry on
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I finally got to see this site just a few minutes ago. It spoke of the good and the bad of this process. From what I can gather getting the oil out of the algae cell is the most difficult part.
The good things I have been vocal about. I.e. transportation costs, cleaner burning, renewable process, and there won't be a transfer of wealth out of our country.
So everyone, we have to get behind this process and write our officials in your own words and ideas and push this idea into reality.
Thank you for posting your message with the Originoil site. Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I have been very busy on this end responding and learning more.
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