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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Don't Bet on Corn for Energy Independence
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Don't Bet on Corn for Energy Independence
May 09, 2007
This interesting article from Concord Monitor says why the world should say no to corn-based ethanol, and should instead look at ethanol from feedstock such as switchgrass, algae and cellulose.
Listen to some of the very-credible arguments.
One-fifth of America's corn crop is now fed not to people or livestock but to the ethanol factories springing up all over the Midwest.
Corn production is at a 63-year high, but prices keep rising. That's driving up the cost of meat, poultry and most other supermarket items. But those are the little problems with corn-based ethanol...there are much bigger problems.
America's bumper corn crop has been a big factor in feeding the world's poor. So have American surpluses in wheat and other grains. More corn for ethanol means more expensive grain for the poor, and is causing many other economic turbulences around the world.
Corn requires lots of nitrogen-heavy fertilizer. Corn needs a lot of water. So do the plants that turn it into ethanol - a half-million gallons per day or more. The water table is dropping in some ethanol-producing regions, and erosion and fertilizer runoff are increasing...
If every bit of corn now grown in the United States were converted to ethanol, it would meet only 12 percent of the nation's fuel needs for transportation alone...
Conclusion? Ethanol will have to be made not from crops like corn, or even soybeans or sugar cane, which reduce C02 emissions even more compared to oil. To be an alternative, ethanol will have to come from waste wood, weeds like switch-grass or perhaps even pond algae.
You would agree with the conclusion, wouldn't you?
Read the full article from here @ Concord Monitor
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Don't Bet on Corn for Energy Independence
May 09, 2007
This interesting article from Concord Monitor says why the world should say no to corn-based ethanol, and should instead look at ethanol from feedstock such as switchgrass, algae and cellulose.
Listen to some of the very-credible arguments.
One-fifth of America's corn crop is now fed not to people or livestock but to the ethanol factories springing up all over the Midwest.
Corn production is at a 63-year high, but prices keep rising. That's driving up the cost of meat, poultry and most other supermarket items. But those are the little problems with corn-based ethanol...there are much bigger problems.
America's bumper corn crop has been a big factor in feeding the world's poor. So have American surpluses in wheat and other grains. More corn for ethanol means more expensive grain for the poor, and is causing many other economic turbulences around the world.
Corn requires lots of nitrogen-heavy fertilizer. Corn needs a lot of water. So do the plants that turn it into ethanol - a half-million gallons per day or more. The water table is dropping in some ethanol-producing regions, and erosion and fertilizer runoff are increasing...
If every bit of corn now grown in the United States were converted to ethanol, it would meet only 12 percent of the nation's fuel needs for transportation alone...
Conclusion? Ethanol will have to be made not from crops like corn, or even soybeans or sugar cane, which reduce C02 emissions even more compared to oil. To be an alternative, ethanol will have to come from waste wood, weeds like switch-grass or perhaps even pond algae.
You would agree with the conclusion, wouldn't you?
Read the full article from here @ Concord Monitor
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
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algOS - Biodiesel from Algae Open Source
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PermaLink - Don't Bet on Corn for Energy Independence posted by Ecacofonix : 6:52 AM
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Gold Coast Energy Firm Goes Green, to Get Oil from Algae
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Gold Coast Energy Firm Goes Green, to Get Oil from Algae
15 May 07
ICON Energy, the Robina-based oil explorer, has gone green in its latest venture with a plan to snare a stake in a US bio-diesel business.
The company, which for years has been searching for oil in Louisiana as well as the Surat Basin in Australia, has signed a letter of intent with PetroSun Inc of Arizona for a 20 per cent share of a licence to produce bio-diesel from algae.
The plan will see Icon establish a new bio-fuel company in Australia. PetroSun will also take a 55 per cent interest in Icon Energy subsidiary Icon Drilling.
Read the full story from this news report from Gold Coast Bulletin
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
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Gold Coast Energy Firm Goes Green, to Get Oil from Algae
15 May 07
ICON Energy, the Robina-based oil explorer, has gone green in its latest venture with a plan to snare a stake in a US bio-diesel business.
The company, which for years has been searching for oil in Louisiana as well as the Surat Basin in Australia, has signed a letter of intent with PetroSun Inc of Arizona for a 20 per cent share of a licence to produce bio-diesel from algae.
The plan will see Icon establish a new bio-fuel company in Australia. PetroSun will also take a 55 per cent interest in Icon Energy subsidiary Icon Drilling.
Read the full story from this news report from Gold Coast Bulletin
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Oilgae; Oilgae Blog; List of Oilgae Blog articles.
algOS - Biodiesel from Algae Open Source
Oilgae has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general.
PermaLink - Gold Coast Energy Firm Goes Green, to Get Oil from Algae posted by Ecacofonix : 6:45 AM
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Monday, May 21, 2007
Algal Biodiesel: Fact or Fiction? - An Expert Speaks
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Algal Biodiesel: Fact or Fiction?
May 14, 2007
The author of the post says, "I originally wrote an article over a year ago in which I mentioned the potential of algal biodiesel. I still believe, as I did then, that biodiesel (or more broadly, renewable diesel) is a far superior fuel to ethanol for reasons I outlined in that essay. However, over the past year, the more I learned about the prospects of biodiesel from algae, the more it started to look to me like cellulosic ethanol: Technically feasible? Yes. Commercially feasible? Nowhere close, and the prospects don't look good any time soon. (However, as in the case of cellulosic ethanol, I believe the technology has some potential, so the government should fund the research)."
He then goes on to give a guest post from a man who knows as much about algae to oil subject as anyone else in the world - John Benemann.
An excellent post, to be read by all those interested in algae to oil. Depressing? Yes, the post does not give much optimism about algal biodiesel, but what the heck, it doesn't say it is impossible, just that the odds are heavily against it.
Read on from here @ R Squared Energy Blog
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Oilgae; Oilgae Blog; List of Oilgae Blog articles.
algOS - Biodiesel from Algae Open Source
Oilgae has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general.
Algal Biodiesel: Fact or Fiction?
May 14, 2007
The author of the post says, "I originally wrote an article over a year ago in which I mentioned the potential of algal biodiesel. I still believe, as I did then, that biodiesel (or more broadly, renewable diesel) is a far superior fuel to ethanol for reasons I outlined in that essay. However, over the past year, the more I learned about the prospects of biodiesel from algae, the more it started to look to me like cellulosic ethanol: Technically feasible? Yes. Commercially feasible? Nowhere close, and the prospects don't look good any time soon. (However, as in the case of cellulosic ethanol, I believe the technology has some potential, so the government should fund the research)."
He then goes on to give a guest post from a man who knows as much about algae to oil subject as anyone else in the world - John Benemann.
An excellent post, to be read by all those interested in algae to oil. Depressing? Yes, the post does not give much optimism about algal biodiesel, but what the heck, it doesn't say it is impossible, just that the odds are heavily against it.
Read on from here @ R Squared Energy Blog
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Oilgae; Oilgae Blog; List of Oilgae Blog articles.
algOS - Biodiesel from Algae Open Source
Oilgae has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general.
PermaLink - Algal Biodiesel: Fact or Fiction? - An Expert Speaks posted by Ecacofonix : 9:03 PM
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Understanding Algae Biodiesel: A Grassroots Interview with Green Star Products' President
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Understanding Algae Biodiesel: A Grassroots Interview with Green Star Products' President
05/18/2007: Press Release from Green Star Products, Inc.
SAN DIEGO-- May 18, 2007--Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) (OTC:GSPI.PK), announced that biodiesel from agricultural crops can only replace a small percentage of the World's increasing need for diesel.
Algae can produce 50 to 100 times more oil per acre than oil crops (i.e. oil from soybean, corn, cotton, hemp, euphorbia, mustard seed, sesame, safflower, rice, tung oil tree, sunflower, peanuts, rapeseed, olives, jojoba, jatropha, coconut, palm oil, Chinese tallow, etc.).
Get the real story about the future of biodiesel production in the U.S.A. and Worldwide in this in-depth interview given to WallSt.net by Joseph LaStella, President of Green Star Products, Inc. You can hear the interview by using the following link http://www.wallst.net/audio/audio. asp?ticker=GSPI&id=3382.
Also see GSPI's two-minute documentary type video clip at GSPI's Website (GreenStarUSA.com) or directly at this link
http://video.google. com/googleplayer.swf?docId=595872956429027619&hl=en. (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)
Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) (OTC:GSPI.PK) is an environmentally friendly company dedicated to creating innovative cost-effective products to improve the quality of life and clean up the environment. Green Star Products and its Consortium are involved in the production of renewable clean-burning biodiesel and other products, including lubricants, additives and devices that reduce emissions and improve fuel economy in vehicles, machinery and power plants. For more information, see Green Star Products' Web site at www.GreenStarUSA.com, or call Investor Relations at 619-864-4010, or fax 619-789-4743, or email info@GreenStarUSA.com. Information about trading prices and volume can be obtained at several Internet sites, including http://www.pinksheets.com, http://www.bloomberg.com and http://www.bigcharts.com under the ticker symbol "GSPI".
Forward-looking statements in the release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, continued acceptance of the company's products, increased levels of competition for the company, new products and technological changes, the company's dependence on third-party suppliers, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Oilgae; Oilgae Blog; List of Oilgae Blog articles.
algOS - Biodiesel from Algae Open Source
Oilgae has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general.
Understanding Algae Biodiesel: A Grassroots Interview with Green Star Products' President
05/18/2007: Press Release from Green Star Products, Inc.
SAN DIEGO-- May 18, 2007--Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) (OTC:GSPI.PK), announced that biodiesel from agricultural crops can only replace a small percentage of the World's increasing need for diesel.
Algae can produce 50 to 100 times more oil per acre than oil crops (i.e. oil from soybean, corn, cotton, hemp, euphorbia, mustard seed, sesame, safflower, rice, tung oil tree, sunflower, peanuts, rapeseed, olives, jojoba, jatropha, coconut, palm oil, Chinese tallow, etc.).
Get the real story about the future of biodiesel production in the U.S.A. and Worldwide in this in-depth interview given to WallSt.net by Joseph LaStella, President of Green Star Products, Inc. You can hear the interview by using the following link http://www.wallst.net/audio/audio. asp?ticker=GSPI&id=3382.
Also see GSPI's two-minute documentary type video clip at GSPI's Website (GreenStarUSA.com) or directly at this link
http://video.google. com/googleplayer.swf?docId=595872956429027619&hl=en. (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)
Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) (OTC:GSPI.PK) is an environmentally friendly company dedicated to creating innovative cost-effective products to improve the quality of life and clean up the environment. Green Star Products and its Consortium are involved in the production of renewable clean-burning biodiesel and other products, including lubricants, additives and devices that reduce emissions and improve fuel economy in vehicles, machinery and power plants. For more information, see Green Star Products' Web site at www.GreenStarUSA.com, or call Investor Relations at 619-864-4010, or fax 619-789-4743, or email info@GreenStarUSA.com. Information about trading prices and volume can be obtained at several Internet sites, including http://www.pinksheets.com, http://www.bloomberg.com and http://www.bigcharts.com under the ticker symbol "GSPI".
Forward-looking statements in the release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, continued acceptance of the company's products, increased levels of competition for the company, new products and technological changes, the company's dependence on third-party suppliers, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Oilgae; Oilgae Blog; List of Oilgae Blog articles.
algOS - Biodiesel from Algae Open Source
Oilgae has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general.
PermaLink - Understanding Algae Biodiesel: A Grassroots Interview with Green Star Products' President posted by Ecacofonix : 9:01 PM
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