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Algae That Cleans Emissions and Produces Fuel

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the nature-already-efficient-enough-for-production dept.

**$tarDu$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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  1. What can I say? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Science kicks ass.

  2. How to get a story on Slashdot by ndansmith · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    From my guide on how to get your stories accepted:

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    Scuttle Monkey
    -Make sure your user name starts with punctuation (i.e. * *) so that it is on the top of the list."

    This guide is better than I thought...

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