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The Oilgae Story
From Oilgae.com – Oil from Algae
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Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature’s way again
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Anyone familiar with the field of alternative energy (and that anyone is practically every one these days!) knows that there is no silver bullet. For every positive aspect of a specific alternative energy domain, there appears to be at least one negative aspect.
A growing consensus amongst the energy industry experts is that rather than focusing on one avenue of alternative energy, perhaps it is a combination of alternative energy avenues that should be considered to provide a sustainable solution.
Even if one were to agree to this rather sensible consensus, it still is imperative that there are 2-3 main sources of alternative energy that can satisfy a large percentage of our energy needs – as against an array of 10 different sources. This will be required in order for us to achieve enough economies of scale and the consequent standardizations etc.
That leaves us with the question: So which are these 2-3 key alternative energy sources?
While a number of eminent and brilliant professionals are putting their heads together to come up with answers, given the relatively little information & data we have about the various alternative energy sources available, it appears that oil (in the form of Biodiesel primarily) derived from algae could one of them.
Why is this so?
Algae as a feedstock appear to have many advantages relative to other bio-feedstocks:
The above three aspects will naturally light up the eyes of any alternative energy researcher, and frankly, they have lit up a few eyes for the past three decades. It is just that owing to a number of reasons – only some of them really objective and scientific – these researches have not provided substantial results.
However, with all of us now keen on doing our best to find out those alternative energy avenues that will make or break civilization fifty years from now, it is imperative that a lot more research is done into exploring algae as a feedstock for oil.
Such an important field of research requires an excellent amount of research inputs, data and collaboration from enthusiasts from all over the world. This, in short, is what Oilgae was started to accomplish – to provide a facilitating platform to explore and hopefully succeed in making oil from algae a sustainable energy avenue.
As you would have guessed, the word Oilgae is a portmanteau word – a combination of the words oil and algae.
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