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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 11:57 PM Original message |
Large scale biodiesel from algae for $5.64 / gallon |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not unreasonable |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. I like this idea, depending on the nature of the extraction solvent. |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 09:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. is, 'could' |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 10:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Actually, the glycerol is a pretty good feedstock for making syn gas. |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I've been wondering about that |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 03:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Syn gas is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. There doesn't seem to be much limit on capacity. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. But there is. Water is the limiting reagent. |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 04:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Algae can grow in salt water. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Ah but are they good things? The sea is an ecosystem. Using it as |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 05:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Plenty of old craters from nuclear tests in the Arizona desert. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 05:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I guess I don't see why. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Not possible or advisable |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The scheme I had in mind was a bit different. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Oceanographers have a hard time maintaining open ocean mesocosms |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Limiting factors |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. Here are the two threads discussing this research on syn gas from glycerol |
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