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Nathanael Donating Member (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 04:54 PM
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Texas teen's algae energy system wins $20,000 award
Very cool story. This teenager invented an extremely complex and multi-functional energy system.


Javier Fernández-Han, a 15-year-old who lives in the heart of oil country, has won a $20,000 scholarship for inventing a system that produces energy from algae.

The Houston teen won the top honor in the 2009 "Invent Your World Challenge," a social entrepreneurship contest sponsored by the Ashoka and Lemelson foundations.

Link: http://www.energyboom.com/texas-teens-algae-energy-system-wins-20000-award
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 05:37 PM
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1. It will be quashed by "Big Algae" just you wait
Edited on Fri Jun-26-09 05:38 PM by gmoney
never see the light of day... big algae... those guys are such SCUM!
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Nathanael Donating Member (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 05:58 PM
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3. Indeed
Actually, the SLIMIEST bunch I've ever come across.
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jmondine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 05:56 PM
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2. Does this mean that "Pond Scum" will no longer be an insult?
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jmondine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 07:38 PM
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4. "Algae, that is. Green gold. The Florida tea."
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kristopher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-27-09 02:12 PM
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5. This looks suspiciously like a small scale version of a system developed at Auburn University
Auburn plan: Algae as a Biodiesel Feedstock: A Feasibility Assessment

Center for Microfibrous Materials Manufacturing (CM3)

Department of Chemical Engineering

Auburn University, Alabama 36849-5127

Ron Putt, Principal Investigator
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ashemichael Donating Member (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-28-09 07:42 AM
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6. At least someone's trying.
Sometimes big breakthroughs come from seemingly insignificant projects. I know this is old, but I still think that it's a pretty cool concept, turning garbage into energy.

http://earth2tech.com/2008/03/14/military-green-tech-trash-to-power/

Right now we send our garbage off to who knows where to pollute our groundwater. Maybe down the road our garbage will be putting more electricity on the grid without building more coal fired plants, just using the garbage that (sadly) will always exist.
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