It recycles it, getting more total btus per barrel or ton than just the single use alone. Algae for biodiesel will stretch a btu by about 45%, or to be read another way, a 45% increase in fuel economy.
Todd Swearingen Joe Street wrote: >So if we use a plant to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and that plant >makes oil that we then burn and release CO2 to the atmosphere how is >that supposed to reduce atmospheric CO2? > >Joe > >Bob Molloy wrote: > >snip > > > >>Phytoplankton, like other plants, absorb carbon dioxide as they grow. >>Scientists have examined the possibility of stimulating growth of the >>single cell plants as a means of reducing the amount of CO2 in the >>atmosphere. >>CO2, liberated by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas, is widely >>held responsible for global warming. >> >>Bio Fuel Systems said its new fuel would reduce CO2, was free of other >>contaminants like sulphur dioxide and would be cheaper than fossil oil >>is now. >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
