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NMDemDist2
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Wed Jul-09-08 11:22 AM Original message |
A major milestone has been reached in efforts to produce a high quality biodiesel fuel from algae |
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napoleon_in_rags
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Wed Jul-09-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is promising on a lot of fronts. Check this vid out |
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NMDemDist2
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Wed Jul-09-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. a recent CNN article had it at 50,000 GPA (gallons per acre) and it could |
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Greyskye
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Wed Jul-09-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Those are very impressive figures |
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NMDemDist2
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Wed Jul-09-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. exactly!! and the land around here is scrub desert, not good for much else |
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napoleon_in_rags
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Wed Jul-09-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. If that's true, that would be CRAZY: |
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NMDemDist2
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Wed Jul-09-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. exactly!! Utah, AZ and NM have the perfect environment for this algae |
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napoleon_in_rags
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Wed Jul-09-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. We need to keep an eye on this as environmentalists. |
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NMDemDist2
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Thu Jul-10-08 06:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. cars should be electric, this stuff is for the heavy stuff like trucks and trains n/t |
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ElectricGrid
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Thu Jul-10-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Wouldn't alge gas be carbon neutral? |
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Howzit
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Fri Jul-11-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. By recycling carbon through algae, you get to keep the oxygen in circulation |
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phantom power
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Wed Jul-09-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. That would be 2.1 million acres to supply our transportation oil (13.8million barrels/year) |
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tinrobot
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Wed Jul-09-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Totally feasible |
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phantom power
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Wed Jul-09-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Time will tell. |
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tinrobot
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Wed Jul-09-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Manhattan Project |
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macllyr
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Thu Jul-10-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Efficiency of PV similar to that of algae |
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appal_jack
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Thu Jul-10-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. site it near city sewage treatment plants |
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NMDemDist2
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Wed Jul-09-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. 4.2 million acres out of 77,667,200 acres in NM is 0.05% of the land mass |
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hogwyld
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Wed Jul-09-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. According to this, we burn a hell of a lot more than that |
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phantom power
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Wed Jul-09-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I was sticking with oil used for transportation (2006) |
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kristopher
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Wed Jul-09-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Ummmm, that's per day, not per year.... |
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phantom power
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Thu Jul-10-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. True, I multiplied by 365 when I did my numbers. |
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kristopher
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Thu Jul-10-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Sorry, It doesn't look like that's true. |
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phantom power
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Thu Jul-10-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. My dumb typos aside, here is the math: |
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kristopher
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Thu Jul-10-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Thank you. Now about the yield per acre... |
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phantom power
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Thu Jul-10-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I would believe that. I'm fairly skeptical about algae farming... |
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NMDemDist2
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Thu Jul-10-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. there is no 'one' silver bullet. we need as many diverse methods as we can |
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Finishline42
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Thu Jul-10-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. They are using open air ponds - |
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ElectricGrid
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Thu Jul-10-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Nice discussion in the thread... I have learned alot.. thanks everyone. |
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tinrobot
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Thu Jul-10-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Open air ponds also lead to environmental contamination |
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NickB79
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Fri Jul-11-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I'd be more worried about local algae killing off the oil-producing strains |
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