{"id":503,"date":"2007-11-23T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-23T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=503"},"modified":"2007-11-23T14:09:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-23T14:09:00","slug":"and-here-comes-pond-scum-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/and-here-comes-pond-scum-power.html","title":{"rendered":"And Here Comes Pond Scum Power&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You are at: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/\">Oilgae Blog<\/a><\/b>. See the <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/dir\/dir.html\">complete list of Oilgae Blog articles<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here Comes Pond Scum Power<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Algae biodiesel isn&#8217;t practical yet, but startups and giants are enthusiastically exploring the possibilities &#8211; by Gail Edmondson, BusinessWeek<\/p>\n<p>In a world spooked by global warming and thirsty for nonpolluting fuel, lowly algae hold a potent appeal. The plants sop up large quantities of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and produce tiny globules of fat that can be collected and turned into biodiesel fuel for trucks, cars, and trains. The oils might even be processed into aircraft fuel, says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/globalbiz\/content\/nov2007\/gb20071121_358781.htm?chan=globalbiz_europe+index+page_top+stories\">this BusinessWeek article<\/a> (Nov 2007)<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color:red;\">Nature <span style=\"color:blue;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/ref\/oil\/or\/or.html\">gave us<\/a><\/span> oil from algae; perhaps <span style=\"color:blue;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/ref\/story\/story.html\">we should try<\/a><\/span> Nature&#8217;s way again<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Here Comes Pond Scum Power Algae biodiesel isn&#8217;t practical yet, but startups and giants are enthusiastically exploring the possibilities &#8211; by Gail Edmondson, BusinessWeek In a world spooked by global warming and thirsty for nonpolluting fuel, lowly algae hold a potent appeal. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-algae-co2-capture","category-algae-energy-products"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}