Friday, November 23, 2007

The challenge of algae fuel: An expert speaks

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The challenge of algae fuel: An expert speaks

Making fuel out of algae is one of those ideas that everyone loves. An acre of algae can produce 50 times more oil than an acre of soy, estimates John Sheehan, now vice president of strategy and sustainable development at LiveFuels.

"It can produce a lot of oil," he said in an interview on Wednesday.

Sheehan's not new to the field. He oversaw biomass, ethanol and algae programs at National Renewable Energy Labs. An NREL paper on algae--along with research from some of the national labs--forms the basis of a lot of the thinking around algae.

Read the full details of what Sheehan feel here

Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again

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