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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. Still Not "Green" by ndansmith · · Score: 0, Troll
    Wont someone please think of the algae?

    The fact that innocent algae have to be subjugated to digest our waste will still irk some environmentalists.

  2. Re:Alright, another idea that will go nowhere! by Dot.Com.CEO · · Score: 0, Troll
    There are many alternatives for oil. You don't use them because you don't want to. Nuclear energy could solve all of our energy needs but we, instead, choose to use a non-renewable energy source for our needs.

    Your approach is, therefore, wrong. The problem is not that scientists do not invent useful things, but rather that the oil oligarchy creates the illusion that what science invents is superfluous.

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    Mother is the best bet and don't let Satan draw you too fast.
  3. Re:Alright, another idea that will go nowhere! by Dot.Com.CEO · · Score: 0, Troll

    This must be the most pedantic comment ever made and I say it with no hint of irony! Congratulations sir!

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    Mother is the best bet and don't let Satan draw you too fast.