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Eco Factor: Algae to be used for cheap ethanol production.
In an effort to fuel the world with clean and cheap energy, Dow Chemical and Algenol Biofuels have...
made popular Jun 29 2009
Jonathen Trent, the lead research scientist at NASA Ames Research center in Moffett Field, California has come up with a solution to overcome U.S reliance on foreign...
made popular May 16 2009
Eco Factor: Carbon neutral processes could turn canal algae into cheap, green power.
Using algae for fuel is not a new concept, but using it to generate megawatts of...
made popular Mar 31 2009
Eco Factor: Heat, gas and food producing interdependent system for home use.
Philips has developed a stunning new concept home farming system that not only provides...
made popular Mar 17 2009
AP, Belzoni
Pond scum was once an aquatic nuisance that Hall Barret III once hated to see in his catfish ponds.
made popular Mar 11 2009
Eco Factor: Photo-bioreactor made from recycled water bottles.
Using algae to develop biofuel is not a new thing, and researchers have previously made some bioreactors...
made popular Feb 3 2009
AP, Seattle
Could the next green fuel be pea-green pond scum? Supporters think algae could someday be turned into cheap fuel for automobiles and airplanes, and are betting heavily...
made popular Nov 3 2008
Shanghai Jun Ya Yan Technology Development Company has developed an agreement with PetroSun whereby it will provide $40 million (US) for the construction of an algae...
made popular Oct 2 2008
Eco Factor: A facility that produces power by burning coal in Oregon intends to turn the carbon emissions into bio-fuel with the help of algae.
Algae are strange and...
made popular Oct 1 2008
AP, Cleveland
Giant floating fields of algae are back in strength this year on Lake Erie and scientists are trying to figure out why.
made popular Sep 20 2008
Algae, thought of as pond scum by many people, is an intriguing biofuel prospect, some researchers and entrepreneurs say.
made popular Jul 30 2008
AP, Shanghai
The site of the Olympic sailing competition is clear of the bright-green algae that until recently had covered the sea off the city of Qingdao, a Chinese official said...
made popular Jul 15 2008
AP, Qingdao
China’s latest Olympics nightmare is a vast algae bloom that covers one-third of the sea where the world’s best sailors are supposed to be competing in just...
made popular Jul 2 2008
China’s pledge to stage a “Green Olympics” has taken on a worrying meaning at the sailing-venue city of Qingdao, where an algae bloom has spread along...
made popular Jun 27 2008
Usually what we cannot see, we do not recognize as a potential solution. It has been the same with under-sea vegetation, the slimy seaweed and algae is now being...
made popular Dec 10 2007
As scientists across the globe are racing against time to discover newer alternatives to fossil fuels (oil has already touched $100 per barrel), there seems to be a...
made popular Dec 1 2007
There are lots of ways to combat the problem of global warming, atleast theoretically speaking. Something as micro as algae is one such contributor to the solution to...
made popular Nov 22 2007
We have in an earlier post discussed in length about the impacts of eco clothing. We also discussed the problems with dyed clothes.
To get that faded blue look to our...
made popular Oct 11 2007
AP, Traverse City
When runaway algae killed fish and fouled beaches in the Great Lakes region decades ago, governments ordered cutbacks of phosphorus _ a key algae nutrient _ from...
made popular Oct 5 2007
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