Scientists Manufacture Biofuel from Algae in Minutes

[Monroe]

Just on a small scale now but maybe ...

"In the PNNL process, a slurry of wet algae is pumped into the front end of a chemical reactor. Once the system is up and running, out comes crude oil in less than an hour, along with water and a byproduct stream of material containing phosphorus that can be recycled to grow more algae."

Scientists Manufacture Biofuel from Algae in Minutes

18 Dec 2013

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/12/18/Scientists-Manufacture-Crude-Oil-The-End-of-Peak-Oil

A new scientific discovery that takes algae and turns it into crude oil in minutes rather than millions of years could be the end of constant worries over "peak oil."

Engineers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) announced that they have created a process that takes an enriched stew of algae and turns it into crude oil which, in turn, can be made into a usable bio-fuel. The development was announced in a recent issue of the journal Algal Research.

Genifuel Corp., a biofuels company from Utah, has licensed the technology and is attempting to utilize the process on a larger, industrial scale.

a little more at the link ...

[vinifera]

A new scientific discovery that takes algae and turns it into crude oil in minutes rather than millions of years

could be the end of constant worries over "peak oil."

could be many things but certanly not cheap solution for people

look at Electric, there are so many ways to harnest it yet they charge electric bills like gold

when and IF they ever make car engine that runs on water, water value will rise up too even if this planet has it too much

[ROTS]

1. Old news, but thanks for reinforcing me. I have seen this on television before, they have tons of tubes in the middle of what looks like a farm. Bunch of Alagae/Seaweed etc, and turns into something that can be burnt in a gas tank.

2. Question how fast does it burn, and I can put in a V8?

3. Is this safe for the enviorment, When the fuel burn what is the output? When Hydrogen is burnt the result is water, which can then be reused again and again. Are we making another O-zone layer with this fuel?

Edited December 21, 2013 by ROTS

[jaclaz]

1. Old news, but thanks for reinforcing me. I have seen this on television before, they have tons of tubes in the middle of what looks like a farm. Bunch of Alagae/Seaweed etc, and turns into something that can be burnt in a gas tank.

Who/Where?

This is still experimental and no industrial process has been developed/actual factory/refinery built AFAIK?

jaclaz

[bphlpt]

My question is that since the system uses high heat and pressure, which aren't free, how much more (potential) energy is produced than is used in its creation? Since the energy used could be gotten form other renewable sources such as hydro-electric, wind, or whatever, this could still be useful to run all the engines that currently depend on oil such as cars and planes, but it is a matter that needs to be acknowledged.

Cheers and Regards

[jaclaz]

....this could still be useful to run all the engines that currently depend on oil such as cars ...

The Mr. Fusion is what we need:

http://backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Fusion

The ending of Back to the Future suggested that in the future, mankind's energy problems would be solved by a device that would convert any matter into energy, and that the "Mr. Fusion" (seen on the back of the DeLorean) could, in theory, someday be able to power automobiles. However, vehicles seen in Back to the Future Part II don't have a Mr. Fusion, and the Texaco service station in 2015 is still in operation. However, Fusion Industries most definitely did exist in 2015 because, in Back to the Future Part II, Doc parked the DeLorean in an alley next to a Fusion Industries generator. In Back to the Future Part III, Doc confirms that the fusion device only powered the flux capacitor and the time circuits, and that the DeLorean time machine still had an internal combustion engine that ran on gasoline.

... but that is in the futuristic future....

jaclaz