Saturday, September 25, 2010
Is PetroAlgea the next primary fuel source?
Petroalgea is a very interesting fuel source. One of the things i found fascinating was that the micro-crops absorb carbon dioxide emissions. This means they can capture carbon dioxide emission from factories and use it for the micro-crops, as stated in this video, which is a great thing because carbon dioxide is a big problem. This video is convincing to me that petroalgea will be the next primary fuel source. Not only does it does this process produce fuel, but also food. This process consists of topics about "physics of light management combined with biochemistry." So is petroalgea the next big thing, or is it over hyped?
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Petroalgea looks very promising, but in my opinion not as a viable alternative to diesel fuel. I see some major hurdles with petroalgea. First, the lack of viable microorganisms in every location around the globe hinders the widespread use of petroalgea. Also, the low yield of the petroalgea means that we have a long way to go before using it as a complete alternative to petrol. Overall, I think that this is a great technology that has promise, but at this time I see petroalgea working to lower the world's oil footprint, but not eliminate it.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Simeon that Petroalgea looks promising, but the potential for petroalgea as a conventional fuel source seems dismal. I don't think that petroalgea will have the ability to be the next primary fuel source because the resource base isn't stable enough to meet the demand for energy in the U.S., and the reality of producing petroalgea has many obstacles with creating a whole new infrastructure for its production and transportation to the consumer. It is a very interesting technology, however, I don't think it solves the issue of the U.S.'s dependency on fossil fuels.
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