Oilgae?

By Ken Hoyt

Oilgae: Is Algae Biofuel the Answer?

Will pond scum save the day? The downsides of corn as a biofuel source have become a serious topic of late. Here's the short version: one acre of corn (plus 440,000 gallons of water) will produce about 480 gallons of ethanol per year. Diverting corn into making ethanol has been blamed for rising food costs. And then there's the concern that producing biofuel actually adds to the global warming problem.

Algae (aka pond scum) is considered a good solution because many varieties are rich in oil. They also grow quickly, produce oxygen and require a fraction of the space of plant-based crops (switch grass, sugar cane and corn).

Solazyme and Vertigro are both working toward oilgae-based future. CNN's Miles O'Brien filed this informative, and concise, report.

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April 25, 2008

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