Mike,
Forget the algae. At the moment it is not worth it. You require
huge amounts of land, huge amounts of infrastructure and then the
ability to actually grow the little beggers. Oh I forgot to mention,
which one do you use? There are many thousands of stains of
algae but only a few have been looked at.
Like a lot of other people on this list I was fired up about algae,
spent some time in the Uni library, had my biochemist wife
decipher some things for me and came away with the conclusion
that it will require quite a bit of PhD level research and then big $$$
for the setup before it can go ahead. Whilst algae do multiply
rapidly thay are a lot harder to grow than corn/canoloa/wheat etc.
Regards,
Andrew Lowe
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
From: Mike Brownstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date sent: Sun, 20 May 2001 09:03:41 +0200
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Subject: RE: [biofuel] GE oilseeds - was RE: Palm and coconut oil
> Here, here Bob,
>
> I've been thinking about this for a while now ( I like the idea of
> algae farms ). Can you, perhaps refer me to more information. You
> know, which are the best to use, conditions of growing etc..........
>
> Mike
>
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