In reply to Jones Beene's message of Fri, 7 Jul 2006 18:40:04 -0700: Hi, [snip] >The Amazon (Nile, Mississippi etc) delta areas are surely much >more fertile for algae - at least potentially (may need seeding) - >but in any of these situations - how does one efficiently "strain" >or filter that much water to remove the algae? Perhaps it is takes >more energy to filter out the algae than you get from the process. [snip] There is almost certainly more energy available than it takes to process the algae, however collection is another matter. However you might get lucky if a collector is placed downwind of the prevailing winds in the area. The wind may regularly blow the floating algae right into the collector.
Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition provides the motivation, Cooperation provides the means.
