{"id":830,"date":"2009-01-05T04:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T04:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=830"},"modified":"2009-01-05T04:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-05T04:27:00","slug":"rodney-andrews-said-fuel-from-algae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/rodney-andrews-said-fuel-from-algae.html","title":{"rendered":"Rodney Andrews Said Fuel From Algae Costs $18 to $30 per gallon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/tbn3.google.com\/images?q=tbn:tOHzQh3-yjyRYM:http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/money\/graphics\/2007\/12\/12\/cnshell112.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 83px;\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn3.google.com\/images?q=tbn:tOHzQh3-yjyRYM:http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/money\/graphics\/2007\/12\/12\/cnshell112.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>You are at: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/\">Oilgae Blog<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"country-region\"><\/o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"place\"><\/o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:worddocument>   <w:view>Normal<\/w:View>   <w:zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:punctuationkerning\/>   <w:validateagainstschemas\/>   <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>   <w:ignoremixedcontent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>   <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>   <w:compatibility>    <w:breakwrappedtables\/>    <w:snaptogridincell\/>    <w:wraptextwithpunct\/>    <w:useasianbreakrules\/>    <w:dontgrowautofit\/>   <\/w:Compatibility>   <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>  <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:latentstyles deflockedstate=\"false\" latentstylecount=\"156\">  <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=\"ieooui\"><\/object> \n\n<style> st1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--><\/p>\n<style> <!--  \/* Style Definitions *\/  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal  {mso-style-parent:\"\";  margin:0in;  margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:\"Times New Roman\";  mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";} @page Section1  {size:8.5in 11.0in;  margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;  mso-header-margin:.5in;  mso-footer-margin:.5in;  mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1  {page:Section1;} --> <\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]> \n\n<style>  \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:\"\";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:\"Times New Roman\";  mso-ansi-language:#0400;  mso-fareast-language:#0400;  mso-bidi-language:#0400;} <\/style>\n\n <![endif]-->Rodney Andrews, Director of the UK Center for Applied Energy Research, said the country&#8217;s demand for energy means fossil fuels like coal won&#8217;t be going away anytime soon. And while algae may strike some as science fiction, it has been drawing attention on several fronts:<\/p>\n<p>Sapphire Energy of San Diego announced in September that it had raised more than $100 million to bring its algae-derived &#8220;green crude&#8221; to market. Investors include Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates.The U.S. Energy Department, which got out of algae research in 1996, has jumped back in with a partnership between its National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Chevron to collaborate on algae-based fuels for jets and other uses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The real question that needs to be resolved,&#8221; he said, &#8220;is can you do this at a commercial scale?&#8221; That answer, for now, is &#8220;no,&#8221; Andrews said. Fuel from algae currently would cost consumers $18 to $30 per gallon, he said.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, have you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/feed\/rss.xml\">subscribed to the Oilgae Blog?<\/a>; How about <a href=\"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/mlist\/user\/subscribe.php\">joining the Oilgae mailing list?<\/a>; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/forum\">our forum to discuss on with others<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are at: Oilgae Blog. Rodney Andrews, Director of the UK Center for Applied Energy Research, said the country&#8217;s demand for energy means fossil fuels like coal won&#8217;t be going away anytime soon. 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