Saturday, November 03, 2012

Algae? I think we could manage that....

Biofuel breakthrough: Quick cook method turns algae into oil
ANN ARBOR—It looks like Mother Nature was wasting her time with a multimillion-year process to produce crude oil. Michigan Engineering researchers can "pressure-cook" algae for as little as a minute and transform an unprecedented 65 percent of the green slime into biocrude. "We're trying to mimic the process in nature that forms crude oil with marine organisms," said Phil Savage, an Arthur F. Thurnau professor and a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Michigan.

4 comments:

Steve Bates said...

But... but... if we keep burning things to obtain energy, the byproducts, including much of the energy released, contribute to global climate change. What part of "don't burn sh!t" do they not understand?

ellroon said...

Erk.... um..

Maybe algae fumes will be harmless? Empowering?

Maybe we could drink it?

....

*sigh*

Solar powered algae oil processing?

Steve Bates said...

"What's it all about,
Al-gae, ..."

ellroon said...

Algae met a bear
The bear was bulgy
The bulge was Algae....