Algae Oil not Viable until 800$ a Barrel of Crude!
 
Here's a discussion on a research paper that says GreenFuel's proposed method of getting oil from algae will not be feasible unless you are looking at something like 800$ per barrel as the cost of production. This certainly is a lot of shock, not just because GreenFuel has been one of the pioneers in this efforts, but also because it appears that it might take years, if ever, for algae to be the feedstock for cost-effective oil and fuel production

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