http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/04/green-fuel-algae-biodiesel/ Social Media, Geolocation, and Green Living Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:01:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/04/green-fuel-algae-biodiesel/comment-page-1/#comment-18 morizongreen Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:01:39 +0000 http://www.maxgladwell.com/?p=28#comment-18 I recently read about a commercial algae farm, PetroSun Biofuels, in Texas that is researching and developing experimental jet fuel (4.4 million gallons), producing 30x more energy per acre than ethanol. This project site has 1,100 acres of salt ponds to cultivate algae as a viable, renewable energy source. Economically, this is a solution that will help airlines survive the soaring prices, at $11o a barrel, for jet fuel. I recently read about a commercial algae farm, PetroSun Biofuels, in Texas that is researching and developing experimental jet fuel (4.4 million gallons), producing 30x more energy per acre than ethanol. This project site has 1,100 acres of salt ponds to cultivate algae as a viable, renewable energy source. Economically, this is a solution that will help airlines survive the soaring prices, at $11o a barrel, for jet fuel.

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