Re: [Vo]:Sargassum for ethanol experimented in Taiwan

2008-04-15 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to R C Macaulay's message of Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:22:41 -0500: Hi, [snip] Howdy Jones, The nation is absolutely overloaded with technology but getting the bits and pieces fitted together takes teamwork which is an absentee to the equation. The wine, vinegar and beer brewers alone have

[Vo]:Sargassum for ethanol experimented in Taiwan

2008-04-14 Thread Michel Jullian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algae_fuel#Algal_strains mentions Sargassum, with a link to this recent article: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/01/12/2003396760 Summary: Sargassum is a high growth species (10 times the output volume of gracilaria), convertible to ethanol.

Re: [Vo]:Sargassum for ethanol experimented in Taiwan

2008-04-14 Thread Jones Beene
--- Michel Jullian wrote: Summary: Sargassum is a high growth species (10 times the output volume of gracilaria), convertible to ethanol. Well - to be precise, any biofuel system should aim for butanol instead of ethanol... Butanol is highly preferable for several reasons already mentioned

Re: [Vo]:Sargassum for ethanol experimented in Taiwan

2008-04-14 Thread R C Macaulay
Howdy Jones, The nation is absolutely overloaded with technology but getting the bits and pieces fitted together takes teamwork which is an absentee to the equation. The wine, vinegar and beer brewers alone have some adanced tech tricks they could add.. plus the petro refiners have a whole