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Algae Could Help Fill Your Tank



With the energy supply on everyone's minds here's an article that has some interesting information. Using a power plant's exhaust stack as a source of CO2, algae feeds and cleanses the exhaust of 40% of its CO2. The algae is harvested daily and a combustible vegetable oil is squeezed out: biodiesel for automobiles. A 1,000 megawatt power plant using this system could produce more than 40 million gallons of biodiesel and 50 million gallons of ethanol a year. Whoa! Cleaning the air and making a profit? Now that is something that could work for everybody.

Click here to read the full article. Thanks to Joe for the tip.