{"id":306,"date":"2007-01-14T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-14T08:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=306"},"modified":"2007-01-14T08:25:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-14T08:25:00","slug":"diatoms-under-millions-of-years-of-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/diatoms-under-millions-of-years-of-ice.html","title":{"rendered":"Diatoms Under Millions of Years of Ice!"},"content":{"rendered":"

You are at: Oilgae Blog<\/a><\/b>. <\/p>\n

Do you know that oil derived from algae<\/b> is an exciting renewable fuel possibility? – see Oilgae<\/a><\/b> for more.<\/p>\n

December, 2006 issue of Scientific American<\/a>, Via REUTERS\/Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent<\/p>\n

Scientists drill back in time in Antarctica<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article reports on an Antarctic drilling to find clues to a time when Antarctica was warm and wet. The reason for this research is because the researchers are convinced that a warmer age is in prospect as a result of human-spurred global climate change, they want to know what things were like 10 million years ago, when warmer periods tended to wax and wane on the southern continent.<\/p>\n

While this is not directly related to biodiesel from algae, there is one piece of input I found interesting:<\/p>\n

To do this research, they examine core samples taken from the seabed, layer after layer of what looks like solidified gray-green muck….<\/p>\n

Recently, the scientists found a 200-foot (60 meter) length of core that was loaded with microscopic algae called diatoms. The sediment was so rich in tiny algae skeletons that they dubbed this material diatomite<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Interesting, isn’t it? Diatoms also happen to be one of the candidates explored for suitablity for oil\/biofuel. Seems like where nothing else can grow, there are always algae!<\/p>\n

ANDRILL stands for Antarctic geological drilling and is a multinational collaboration among Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the United States.<\/p>\n

More information is available online at http:\/\/www.andrill.org.<\/p>\n

Full article here<\/a><\/p>\n

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About Oilgae – Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae<\/a><\/b> has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general. Algae present an exciting possibility as a feedstock for biodiesel, and when you realise that oil was originally formed from algae – among other related plants – you think “Hey! Why not oil again from algae!”<\/p>\n

To facilitate exploration of oil production from algae as well as exploration of other alternative energy avenues, Oilgae provides web links, directory, and related resources for algae-based biofuels \/ biodiesel along with inputs on new inventions, discoveries & breakthroughs in other alternative energy domains such as solar, wind, nuclear, hydro, geothermal, hydrogen & fuel cells, gravitational, geothemal, human-powered, ocean & wave \/ tidal energy. We hope Oilgae proves to be useful as a research information & inputs resources, and as a source of news & info for business & trade of algal oil, algal fuels & new alternative energy products – specially with regard to new feedstock \/ feedstocks, production processes and uses, and market info such as price \/ prices, data & statistics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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