Algae That Cleans Emissions and Produces Fuel

**$tarDu$t** writes "Isaac Berzin, a rocket scientist at MIT has come up with an idea for using algae to clean up power-plant exhaust. His research began 3 years ago in an experiment for growing algae on the International Space Station. His idea consists of building algae farms near power plants to provide a means to reduce CO2 and nitrous oxide emissions. Emissions are filtered through the algae. Then the CO2 saturated algae is harvested and squeezed to produce a combustible vegetable oil (biodiesel) and a dried green substance that can be further processed into ethanol."

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Alright, another idea that will go nowhere!

[elrous0]

I wish I had a nickel for every "So and so scientist at so-and-so university has come up with such-and-such alternative to gasoline" story I've seen over the last 30 years. Meanwhile, we all still pull up to the pump and buy our gasoline and these "brilliant" ideas go *ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE*.

Five years from now, this "solution" will have amounted to nothing more than a bunch of wasted grant money (generously funded by the good old taxpayer).

-Eric