{"id":420,"date":"2007-02-26T18:53:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-26T18:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=420"},"modified":"2007-02-26T18:53:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-26T18:53:00","slug":"virgin-earth-challenge-for-greenhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/virgin-earth-challenge-for-greenhouse.html","title":{"rendered":"The Virgin Earth Challenge for Greenhouse Gas Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"

You are at: Oilgae Blog<\/a><\/b>. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles<\/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

Virgin Earth Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Virgin Earth Challenge is a prize of $25m for whoever can demonstrate to the judges’ satisfaction a commercially viable design which results in the removal of anthropogenic, atmospheric greenhouse gases so as to contribute materially to the stability of Earth\u2019s climate.<\/p>\n

Judges:<\/p>\n

1. Sir Richard Branson – Virgin Group
2. Al Gore – Former Vice President of the USA.
3. James Lovelock – An independent scientist for more than forty years as well as an Honorary Visiting Fellow of Green College, University of Oxford.
4. Tim Flannery – Is an internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer, conservationist and author lauded by David Attenborough and Redmond O’Hanlon respectively as one of the world’s greatest explorers and having “… discovered more new species than Charles Darwin.”
5. Dr James Hansen – Professor in Columbia University Earth Institute and also Heads the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in NYC.
6. Sir Crispin Tickell – Director of the Policy Foresight Programme at the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization at Oxford University.<\/p>\n

See more from here<\/a><\/p>\n

Nature gave us<\/a> oil from algae; perhaps we should try<\/a> Nature’s way again<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae<\/a><\/b>
Oilgae Blog<\/a><\/b>; The complete list of Oilgae Blog articles<\/a><\/b>.
algOS – Biodiesel from Algae Open Source<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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