tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305538081521812448.post2324068045265755876..comments2023-10-06T09:11:05.534-05:00Comments on Investigating Obama: Gulf of Mexico Intended to be an Algae Farm? Startling IndeedArlen Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05622001066158701142noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305538081521812448.post-59574431232342245442010-08-05T15:35:07.696-05:002010-08-05T15:35:07.696-05:00Whatever happened to hemp biomass used as fuel?Whatever happened to hemp biomass used as fuel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305538081521812448.post-34746288238123877162010-07-10T09:20:05.252-05:002010-07-10T09:20:05.252-05:00Personally, I love the idea of algae as fuel - it&...Personally, I love the idea of algae as fuel - it's a helluva lot cleaner than petroleum. Aside from that fact, however, it's completely believable to me that these disaster capitalists would go to the trouble of destroying an entire ecosystem in order to create and profit from a new capitalist bubble no matter what the cost to humanity. And clearly, a partial die-off of the population would be a small price to pay. You may be on to something, but I do have to wonder if perhaps they miscalculated the methane risk to the planet itself. The disaster in the Gulf is out of control no matter how you look at it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305538081521812448.post-80763246219951645702010-07-03T13:27:54.611-05:002010-07-03T13:27:54.611-05:00sorry about the triple posting google said it wasn...sorry about the triple posting google said it wasnt working...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305538081521812448.post-29138929842206856072010-07-03T13:26:40.604-05:002010-07-03T13:26:40.604-05:00While sporting an interesting theory, there are so...While sporting an interesting theory, there are some things I do not understand in your argument.<br /><br />Perhaps foremost, algae do not intake oxygen.<br />They take in carbon dioxide, which you propose various industries may exploit to store their carbon emissions. This is, again, a good theory, but in practice cannot be accomplished to any degree outside of a lab. Capturing, transporting and pumping carbon dioxide and other hazardous waste products to the gulf, and pumping it into sea water in an attempt to stimulate algae growth is not cost efficient by any standards of today's technology. Even if they could, and promote algae industry, and related biofuel advancements, such a multi-billion dollar entrepreneur driven industry is hardly worse than the oligarchy of oil companies?.<br /><br />As for the (I think you meant $80 million) sunk into biofuel development, mostly in algae as a part of the recovery/stimulus act, I really do not see how this is a detriment to us as taxpayers. I work in a research lab, and a fair portion of our funding is DOE money. Yet, our projects are our own, and while unrelated to biofuel research, are under similar terms. That is, they fund what they believe is good science that scientists come up with. I personally am pleased that there is a large increase in science and technology funding for alternative energies. At the risk of spewing 'liberal agenda', there really is a need to move off of oil as a primary natural resource for our country, especially in light of the percentage of oil that comes from foreign sources (i.e. Saudi Arabia, which is one of the least democratic nations in the world) which we seem to blatantly turn a blind eye to. (cont)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com