Why algae is the new biodiesel fuel? Bio algae offers many benefits to solving mobile source carbon emissions. Algae can be used to make biodiesel fuel because its fat content, that is – its floating mechanism, is oil that can be harvested and refined into biodiesel. Biodiesel is a great biofuel because automobiles are already designed to run on this type of fuel making an easy transition away from high carbon content fuels without reformulating the carbon engine.
Algae are a great biofuel supply because it only needs water, sunlight and carbon dioxide to grow. It can grow in expansive areas like the ocean and ponds, alleviating land use concerns. Most interesting, algae need a lot of atmospheric carbon to grow. The effects of global warming will actually increase algae growth and this biofuel supply.
Biodiesel from algae can alleviate oil prices because it is a biofuel supply that will not exacerbate food price increases and related land use conflicts, like corn vs. soybean growth vs. forest preservation; and the carbon cycle is more balanced as a result of the growth process; pesticides which increase carbon emissions are not needed for maximized growth and carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere without impacts on other offsets (forests). Most importantly algae are a benefit of global warming because it likes atmospheric carbon.
Algae will be an easy way to fuel automobiles without messing around with the carbon engine; it will grow more as global warming increases atmospheric carbon; and its growth takes carbon out of the atmosphere while biodiesel derived from algae produces significantly less carbon than other fuel sources.
Bio algae is truly an innovative biofuel and the type of alternative energy project likely to receive funding. One prospect for funding is the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program. Envirowords can help you through this funding process. All you need is the innovative algae into biodiesel idea.
