Comments on: Algae Fuel, Baby http://www.fitsnews.com/2007/12/03/algae-fuel-baby/ Politics, Sports and Pop Culture Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:20:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: j http://www.fitsnews.com/2007/12/03/algae-fuel-baby/#comment-26132 j Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:11:41 +0000 http://69.89.31.161/~fitsnews/?p=2218#comment-26132 I've been tracking algae biofuel as a green crude production alternative for awhile now. There is a recent announcement that a company has produced 91 octane gasoline starting with algae. check it out: http://vertigro2day.blogspot.com/2008/06/green-crude-production.html I’ve been tracking algae biofuel as a green crude production alternative for awhile now. There is a recent announcement that a company has produced 91 octane gasoline starting with algae.

check it out:
http://vertigro2day.blogspot.com/2008/06/green-crude-production.html

]]> By: Mattheus Mei http://www.fitsnews.com/2007/12/03/algae-fuel-baby/#comment-4546 Mattheus Mei Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:08:42 +0000 http://69.89.31.161/~fitsnews/?p=2218#comment-4546 Alternative Energy is not a joke, in fact the only reason that oil is/was ever cheap has a lot to do with the fact that our government subsidizes it. Japan subsidezed Solar Power for a decade, and through careful investment both private and public, that country is taking the subsidies away and guess what: it's still a cheap reliable energy source in Japan and the companies are turning profits. The day is fast approaching where we will not have to rely on the yahoos in the middle east, or the yahoos in South America for our energy needs. Look around you in Columbia at the earnest scientific investments going on. Look at Google and there new initiative to boot the hell out of coal and oil. And I'll gladdly take the moral high ground on this one: unless you've got a business and a need to constantly haul things around or have a large family the fact that you drive a Suburban, is fast becoming morally rephrehensible. PS: The fact that we're consuming the natural gas that would have otherwise gone to pollute the atmosphere and contribute to global warming may not represent an energy quid pro quo alternative, but it is a manefestation of the three "R's" Philosophy. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. I'm not looking to BMW to create Natural Gas Vehicles, only to reduce the amount of energy they suck from the grid that would most likely come from burning coal. Alternative Energy is not a joke, in fact the only reason that oil is/was ever cheap has a lot to do with the fact that our government subsidizes it. Japan subsidezed Solar Power for a decade, and through careful investment both private and public, that country is taking the subsidies away and guess what: it’s still a cheap reliable energy source in Japan and the companies are turning profits.

The day is fast approaching where we will not have to rely on the yahoos in the middle east, or the yahoos in South America for our energy needs. Look around you in Columbia at the earnest scientific investments going on. Look at Google and there new initiative to boot the hell out of coal and oil.

And I’ll gladdly take the moral high ground on this one: unless you’ve got a business and a need to constantly haul things around or have a large family the fact that you drive a Suburban, is fast becoming morally rephrehensible.

PS: The fact that we’re consuming the natural gas that would have otherwise gone to pollute the atmosphere and contribute to global warming may not represent an energy quid pro quo alternative, but it is a manefestation of the three “R’s” Philosophy. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. I’m not looking to BMW to create Natural Gas Vehicles, only to reduce the amount of energy they suck from the grid that would most likely come from burning coal.

]]> By: Oscar G. http://www.fitsnews.com/2007/12/03/algae-fuel-baby/#comment-4547 Oscar G. Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:28:14 +0000 http://69.89.31.161/~fitsnews/?p=2218#comment-4547 Alternative energy is a joke. Call me when it is cheaper than gas (without taxes and subsidies). It also better be able to power my Suburban. P.S. the BMW plant idea is interesting and innovative. However, that is natural gas (hardly alternative) that was funded completely through private enterprise. Furthermore, the natural gas from the landfill can only meet a portion of BMW's energy needs. Don't expect to be driving cars around on natural gas from landfills, not going to happen. Alternative energy is a joke. Call me when it is cheaper than gas (without taxes and subsidies). It also better be able to power my Suburban.

P.S. the BMW plant idea is interesting and innovative. However, that is natural gas (hardly alternative) that was funded completely through private enterprise. Furthermore, the natural gas from the landfill can only meet a portion of BMW’s energy needs. Don’t expect to be driving cars around on natural gas from landfills, not going to happen.

]]> By: Mattheus Mei http://www.fitsnews.com/2007/12/03/algae-fuel-baby/#comment-4548 Mattheus Mei Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:27:18 +0000 http://69.89.31.161/~fitsnews/?p=2218#comment-4548 Oh Come on Sic(k) Willie, don't you care about alternative energy. My favorite is poop/poot gas exchange. It can be done at a landfill or at the local waste water treatment facility. The waste-water idea is being done in Indiana, while the landfill operations are going on right here in SC, in such wonderful places as Lee County, Elgin, Horry County, and in Aiken. Greenville is talking about doing it and powering BMW that way. And lets not forget our lady of Clemson who's turning Peach Poop into hydrogen fuel. Oh Come on Sic(k) Willie, don’t you care about alternative energy. My favorite is poop/poot gas exchange. It can be done at a landfill or at the local waste water treatment facility. The waste-water idea is being done in Indiana, while the landfill operations are going on right here in SC, in such wonderful places as Lee County, Elgin, Horry County, and in Aiken. Greenville is talking about doing it and powering BMW that way. And lets not forget our lady of Clemson who’s turning Peach Poop into hydrogen fuel.

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