Anybody who has followed the discussions about alternative energy sources with any regularity knows about the controversy that arose over the issue regarding biofuels. Biofuels are inefficient, drive up food prices and cost more both at the pump and through increased taxation for government subsidies of rural farmers such as John Deere and Caterpillar Corporations. (Together, the amount of money they receive in government agricultural subsidies alone would make most rural farmers green with envy and red with anger)
So does that mean that biofuel is really as bad as some people are saying? Well the fact is that corn is one of the largest government subsidized crops in the nation and as such, the government has more freedom to regulate it than they do any other crop and they can then pass on the money to political action committees and other special interest groups. However, when you take the politics out of power, you come up with something resembling pond scum. (No, we are not saying that politicians resemble pond scum, the pond scum is actually useful)
A company by the name of Algenol has found a way to tap into pond scum that is used to create some amazingly effective biofuels. Unlike corn, not many people are standing in line waiting to buy some of that sweet green algae so food prices remain unaffected with this method of producing biofuels. Additionally, the algae is easily farmed and grows at a fairly rapid rate, is fully renewable and (insert audible gasp here) actually makes an efficient and viable biofuel alternative.
The Algenol has lots of different benefits. Here is some of them.
1. Doesn't need to use live feedstock.
2. Doesn't need to collect the materials.
3. Doesn't require environment damaging fertilizers.
4. Uses the water of the sea meaning that we don't need to waste our drinking water.
5. Uses only a small amount of fossil fuels for the process.
6. No need to plow the land.
7. Desertic land and Sea side land can be used for the production.
8. Algenol has energy balance over 5.5:1 making it powerful than fossil fuels.
So what does all of that mean?
That means that all of the tests to date have shown this to be a viable method for creating biofuels that are clean, efficient and have no adverse affect on people who are having a hard enough time finding decent corn on the store shelves. In other words, no matter what your personal or political stance may be, there is absolutely no reason to protest this algae based bio fuel. All of the arguments both for and against bio fuels and alternative fuels in the past have been squashed by pond scum.
While it may be true that many bio fuels are not all that they are cracked up to be, that does not mean that some of them are not very likely to at least supplement, if not to replace the more traditional fossil fuels. One thing is for certain; when people can produce energy cheaper, more efficiently and in an environmentally friendly manner as well as getting it to the end consumer at a more reasonable rate, this will start getting people's attention. As long as we can keep the people out of the pond scum, we should be okay!
David Y Gonzalez is an expert in Diy Solar Panels and has been working with Green Diy Energy for more than 2 years. He has helped lots of people to save energy with homemade energy and people have been able to save money and the environment.
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