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 eddie rabon on -
hey terrence , hey everyone !!! this is what I'm talking about!!!!I just got this today!!
Dear Mr. Rabon Jr.:
Thank you for contacting me regarding the energy campaign of T. Boone Pickens. I appreciate hearing from you and would like to respond to your concerns.
Today, our nation is 66 percent dependent on foreign sources of energy. It is critical for our national security that we adopt an energy policy that promotes conservation and efficiency, increases domestic production, and diversifies the nation’s energy supply. Mr. Pickens has suggested that we generate 20% of our electricity from wind within ten years and that we replace petroleum with natural gas to fuel our vehicles to decrease our demand for foreign oil.
I agree with Mr. Pickens that the $700 billion a year our nation spends on foreign oil is unacceptable, but an "all of the above" approach is our best option for solving this energy crisis. I have consistently supported an environmentally responsible approach for oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). I have also promoted coal-to-liquids technology, the development of cellulosic ethanol and other non-food-based renewable fuels, tax incentives for renewable energies, the expansion of nuclear power, and the extraction of vast oil shale deposits in America's West. To reduce demand, I have supported increases in fuel efficiency standards and investment in mass transit. Congress must encourage the utilization of all of our domestic energy resources and the development of new technologies.
Mr. Pickens has many good ideas, and I believe Congress needs to take up legislation to promote greater energy independence. Please be assured that I will keep your views in mind as we continue developing a competitive national energy policy. I am committed to working with my colleagues in the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the full Senate to promote renewable energy.
Again, thank you for taking the time to share your views with me. If you have any further questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me. In addition, for more information about issues and activities important to Florida, please sign up for my weekly newsletter at http://martinez.senate.gov.
Sincerely,
Mel Martinez
United States Senator
I wrote a long nice thank you back for this warm letter and also know that this person is treating me like a person
I thought this was so cool I had to share it with everybody
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Permalink Reply by Henry on -
Good job Eddie! This is exactly what we all must do. I will do my best to help you get these letters out. In the meantime, don't wait on me but write and be specific about Algae Oil. I would like to see them at least start acknowledging Algae Oil as one of the alternatives. That will be a big step forward.
Henry
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Permalink Reply by eddie rabon on
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believe me i went to their site and wrote a long thank you letter and i did tell them in the process about how i thought algae oil will be the best way to go as far as a renewable fuel source. and the fact in his letter back he said non food fuels which really made me want to back him more.
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Permalink Reply by Peter Njuguna on -
can biofuels mix with regular fuels like gasoline and diesel? because if thats the case, it can jus be produced an mixed with regular fuels which would drive down the prices.
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Permalink Reply by Lock Piatt on -
Peter,
you mean reduce the price of bio fuel ? It is more expensive than gas or diesel.
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Permalink Reply by Peter Njuguna on
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Hey Lock
Biofuels are more expensive now because they are not being produced on a large scale. If we can increase production of course the price would go down. Like nancy said we use gasoline that is mixed with ethanol so if this can be done with biofuels then prices would go down. not forgetting that this is a domestically produced fuel.
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Permalink Reply by Lock Piatt on
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Peter,
we need to prove the systems ability to produce LARGE volumes of fuel then we can talk about the price volume model. If proven it will attract all the money required to build plants across the country. The issue of C02 is hanging over the bio fuel issue - how much C02 is produced in making, distributing, and burning the fuel. For sure it is not a closed cycle for carbon.
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Permalink Reply by Terrence Abrams on -
The biofuel guys are already preparing systems for large scale production. OriginOil is the biofuel arm for Boeing; Valcent already has two trucking lines and Lockheed helping sponsor some of their large plant development for biofuel production, Gulf-Chevron is doing the same near Valcent's plant in El Paso, Texas, and Sapphire Energy is already in hushed-up sales meetings with potential buyers. PetroSun also working with Boeing, has plants going up around the world, no telling which one will start a mass production curve.
It is coming, there is only a question of 'when'.
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Permalink Reply by Lock Piatt on
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Nancy,
yes, they are birds of the feather beds they were born into - they got their money the hard way - their relatives earned it. they might just yet be proved to be related to the extinct large birds without wings.
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Permalink Reply by Lock Piatt on
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Nancy,
then we can go back to energy production and creating the great American energy machine and the industries to support it. Shall we call it the second coming of the American industrial revolution ? Million of good factory jobs building energy factories to make energy to make energy factories and maybe a few products for other American uses.
Maybe even a sustainable economy that does not pollute the world. It might not even require us to return to the dark ages and cave life. What a thought, what a chance to proceed with the great American experiment called life.
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Permalink Reply by Peter Njuguna on
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well are they using this fuels as 100% bio fuels or are they mixing them with fossil fuels?
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Permalink Reply by Richard on -
Actually, I like that possibility a lot. It would require a lot of infrastructure though. Way better than the current food for oil program that we have.
When the video says 20,000 gallons of oil in an acre, that is in a POND. In the dynamic reactor that they are building, you can expect better yield. Just guessing, but maybe a 5X yield? So, peg it at 100,000 gal/acre.
Do some math. At $1.50 a Gal, that is $150,000 acre, which means that a 2000 acre plant in West Texas could produce 3 million barrels of oil, about what the US uses in 3 hours, or, about $300 Million in revenue. The question is whether that would be able to work the economics of such a system.
If you are required to grow it in a greenhouse, how much does an acre of greenhouse cost? Maybe $25 sq foot? Or, $1 Million per acre. That would make the economics pretty dicey at $1.5 gallon. Doable at $3 or $4 a gallon, but not so much at $85 a bbl of oil. Need $200 per BBL to make it work, or have to make a cheaper greenhouse..
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