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 Posted: Wed Oct 1st, 2008 01:51 pm
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Joe Kelley

 

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http://gas2.org/2008/09/29/new-facility-uses-algae-to-turn-coal-pollution-into-fuel/

 

How does it work? Just like you and I breathe in oxygen to make energy, algae breathe in carbon dioxide to make energy. So, if you capture all that carbon dioxide and feed it to the algae, they grow. Algae are particularly oily little buggers so after they’ve matured they can be squeezed to make oil. The leftover algae carcasses can then be converted to ethanol and used as feed for livestock.