alt.energy.renewable

On Mar 2, 8:13=A0am, Anthony Matonak
wrote:
> Bob F wrote:
> > "Anthony Matonak" wrote in message...
> >> 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.
>
> > Isn't it algae that causes the dead zone where the Mississippi dumps int=
o the
> > gulf? Maybe that's the place to do it. Lots of nutrients are available f=
rom the
> > river.
>
> I'm no expert in marine biology so I had to look up the coastal
> dead zones. From what I've read, the problem is too much organic
> material falling to the sea floor, decomposing and sucking up all
> the available oxygen.
>
> Perhaps we don't need to actually farm the algae but only to
> harvest what is growing naturally in such abundance or some
> method of mixing the waters to promote the growth of profitable
> species such as fish.
>


It's called 'waste biomass'. Right now, authorities pay to collect it
or don't because it's too expensive. This would be better.

But as Briggs showed in his UNH paper, aquaculture is perfectly
feasible and could replace all of the US's oil needs.

Fran