Algae Biofuels not Offered a Level Playing Field says Mary Rosenthal
” The federal tax policy actually discourages the production of low-carbon, renewable algae-based fuels, including drop-in gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, as well as ethanol, by failing to provide them the same incentives accorded to other advanced biofuel feedstocks. This lack of parity, where some feedstocks are favored and others like algae go unrecognized, acts as a significant impediment to the industry’s growth. Instead, the government should encourage the development of the algae industry, given how algae can be grown on non-agricultural land using salt water or wastewater, consume carbon dioxide as they grow, and produce oil more efficiently than any other known process, making them a highly scalable and productive feedstock.” said Algal Biomass Organisation’s executive director Mary Rosenthal in her column in the Biofuels Digest.
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http://biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2011/03/31/leveling-the-playing-field-for-algae-based-fuels/
