alt.energy.renewable

"Anthony Matonak" wrote in message
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> calderhome@yahoo.com wrote:
>> "The prospect of growing algae to make biodiesel has more positive
>> potential than making ethanol from switchgrass, but you are still
>> stuck with the fact that algae need solar energy to turn carbon
>> dioxide into fuel. To make biodiesel, algae are used as organic solar
>> panels which output oil instead of electricity. Research reports brag
>> that algae can produces 15 times more fuel per acre of land than
>> growing corn for ethanol, but that still means we would need
>> approximately 30 million acres of algae ponds in the USA to meet 100%
>> of our projected automotive fuel usage by the year 2022.
>
> Algae doesn't have to be grown on land. It'll grow in salt water.
> The world has a lot more salt water and sunlight than needed.
>
> Algae doesn't have to meet 100% of our projected fuel usage by 2022
> to be useful. It could provide just a part with other resources doing
> their parts.

Isn't it algae that causes the dead zone where the Mississippi dumps into the
gulf? Maybe that's the place to do it. Lots of nutrients are available from the
river.