Thread: US military just months away from algae based fuels for planes

the algae oil production military purposes starting happen right now. , increasing production own uses. , article mention civilian benefits.
appears @ beginning of new fuel revolution able efficiently grow enough oil start replacing fossil fuels. , interest been growing see done sooner later. if follow technology, darpa came out significant production breakthrough process within last 2 years article makes passing mention.

http://buildaroo.com/news/article/pe...algae-biofuel/

u.s. military "months away" deriving jet fuel algae ponds, according defense advanced research projects agency (darpa). advantages of oil independence u.s. military obvious, algae fuel also, well, green. offers lower carbon emissions oil-derived jet fuel, , mass-produced @ 3 dollars per gallon ("crude" algae oil has been extracted 2 dollars per gallon.) , since pentagon things on big scale, mass-production technology holds tantalizing promise of big boost commercial biofuel industry.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20053868-54.html

the u.s. has enough land in right climate produce homegrown algae oil replace significant amount of foreign oil imported transportation use--without endangering water supply.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/algae_fuel

the united states department of energy estimates if algae fuel replaced petroleum fuel in united states, require 15,000 square miles (39,000 km2) 0.42% of u.s. map.[9] less 1⁄7 area of corn harvested in united states in 2000.[10] however, these claims remain unrealized, commercially. according head of algal biomass organization algae fuel can reach price parity oil in 2018 if granted production tax credits.[11]

if chart or follow price of food corn wheat etc..., see food has gone since mandated ethanol production feed out cars being shown cause starvation in areas food price high. not enough oil, not enough food , high prices. need lower cost of energy or lot more suffering hearing around world.

my predictions:

1- oil companies buy technology... "mysteriously" disappear in few years.

2- lot of people complaining "how water used grow algae"... water should used grow food , not "fuels".

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