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Found this interesting post at TreeHugger titled “What’s Jimmy Carter to do with Algae Biodiesel?”:

“Through a $25 million dollar biodiesel research program, his Administration set in motion the creation of an intellectual property bank that is a foundation of today’s booming algae-based biodiesel industry. The private sector payback – although many years delayed – is likely to be

…The $25 million Aquatic Species Program was set up in 1978 by the Carter Administration to investigate high-oil types of algae that could be grown for biodiesel. The project, run by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, found algae farms producing the plants in shallow ponds could supply enough biodiesel to completely replace fossil oil for transportation and home heating.
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Interesting. Read the full post here

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