Comments on: First Heavy-Duty Diesel Powered By Algae Biodiesel, Solazyme's "Soladiesel" http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/ What is the future of fuel? What's new? What's next? Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:49:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Biodiesel Powered Earthrace Beats Around the World Record by 14 Days : Gas 2.0 http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-1610 Biodiesel Powered Earthrace Beats Around the World Record by 14 Days : Gas 2.0 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:39:34 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-1610 [...] First Heavy-Duty Diesel Powered By Algae Biodiesel, Solazyme’s “Soladiesel” [...] [...] First Heavy-Duty Diesel Powered By Algae Biodiesel, Solazyme’s “Soladiesel” [...]

]]> By: Bruce Campbell http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-1609 Bruce Campbell Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:17:26 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-1609 The carbon has already been sequestered in the sugar (with varying degrees of efficincy depending on whether the sugar comes from corn (worst), sugar cane, (better) switchgrass or other cellulosic crop(better still), or agricultural/ sylvicultural waste (such as bagasse or wood chips) where cellulosic sugar is an added value by-product beyond the primary agricultural/forestry products(best). The big life-cycle question is how much water and soil fertility is required to sustain yields of the cellulosic feedstocks? If one needs to use industrial fertilizers to maintain soil fertility that needs to be factored in (i.e., what is the fossil carbon footprint in Soladiesel? and how does it compare to the footprint of the Petrosun (or other big-solar-pond process)? The carbon has already been sequestered in the sugar (with varying degrees of efficincy depending on whether the sugar comes from corn (worst), sugar cane, (better) switchgrass or other cellulosic crop(better still), or agricultural/ sylvicultural waste (such as bagasse or wood chips) where cellulosic sugar is an added value by-product beyond the primary agricultural/forestry products(best).

The big life-cycle question is how much water and soil fertility is required to sustain yields of the cellulosic feedstocks? If one needs to use industrial fertilizers to maintain soil fertility that needs to be factored in (i.e., what is the fossil carbon footprint in Soladiesel? and how does it compare to the footprint of the Petrosun (or other big-solar-pond process)?

]]> By: Bruce Campbell http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-22940 Bruce Campbell Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:17:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-22940 The carbon has already been sequestered in the sugar (with varying degrees of efficincy depending on whether the sugar comes from corn (worst), sugar cane, (better) switchgrass or other cellulosic crop(better still), or agricultural/ sylvicultural waste (such as bagasse or wood chips) where cellulosic sugar is an added value by-product beyond the primary agricultural/forestry products(best). The big life-cycle question is how much water and soil fertility is required to sustain yields of the cellulosic feedstocks? If one needs to use industrial fertilizers to maintain soil fertility that needs to be factored in (i.e., what is the fossil carbon footprint in Soladiesel? and how does it compare to the footprint of the Petrosun (or other big-solar-pond process)? The carbon has already been sequestered in the sugar (with varying degrees of efficincy depending on whether the sugar comes from corn (worst), sugar cane, (better) switchgrass or other cellulosic crop(better still), or agricultural/ sylvicultural waste (such as bagasse or wood chips) where cellulosic sugar is an added value by-product beyond the primary agricultural/forestry products(best).

The big life-cycle question is how much water and soil fertility is required to sustain yields of the cellulosic feedstocks? If one needs to use industrial fertilizers to maintain soil fertility that needs to be factored in (i.e., what is the fossil carbon footprint in Soladiesel? and how does it compare to the footprint of the Petrosun (or other big-solar-pond process)?

]]> By: First Algae Biodiesel Plant Goes Online: April 1, 2008 : Gas 2.0 http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-1608 First Algae Biodiesel Plant Goes Online: April 1, 2008 : Gas 2.0 Thu, 22 May 2008 17:21:30 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-1608 [...] First Heavy-Duty Diesel Powered By Algae Biodiesel, Solazyme’s “Soladiesel” [...] [...] First Heavy-Duty Diesel Powered By Algae Biodiesel, Solazyme’s “Soladiesel” [...]

]]> By: Earthrace Biodiesel Boat Circumnavigates Globe, Aims For World Speed Record : Gas 2.0 http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-1607 Earthrace Biodiesel Boat Circumnavigates Globe, Aims For World Speed Record : Gas 2.0 Thu, 22 May 2008 17:20:34 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-1607 [...] First Heavy-Duty Diesel Powered By Algae Biodiesel, Solazyme’s “Soladiesel” [...] [...] First Heavy-Duty Diesel Powered By Algae Biodiesel, Solazyme’s “Soladiesel” [...]

]]> By: Uncle B http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-1606 Uncle B Sat, 17 May 2008 21:03:59 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-1606 Put a very small amount of bio-diesel in a VW turbo bio-diesel electric hybrid that gets 100mpg and shove it right up OPEC's soft spot! Then get GM to mass produce an improved copy and we are away! Put a very small amount of bio-diesel in a VW turbo bio-diesel electric hybrid that gets 100mpg and shove it right up OPEC’s soft spot! Then get GM to mass produce an improved copy and we are away!

]]> By: Uncle B http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-22939 Uncle B Sat, 17 May 2008 21:03:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-22939 Put a very small amount of bio-diesel in a VW turbo bio-diesel electric hybrid that gets 100mpg and shove it right up OPEC's soft spot! Then get GM to mass produce an improved copy and we are away! Put a very small amount of bio-diesel in a VW turbo bio-diesel electric hybrid that gets 100mpg and shove it right up OPEC’s soft spot! Then get GM to mass produce an improved copy and we are away!

]]> By: Could We Grow 100,000 Gallons of Oil per Acre? Yes, Says Vertigro Algae Biofuel [Video] : Gas 2.0 http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-1605 Could We Grow 100,000 Gallons of Oil per Acre? Yes, Says Vertigro Algae Biofuel [Video] : Gas 2.0 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:07:21 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-1605 [...] First Heavy-Duty Diesel Powered By Algae Biodiesel, Solazyme’s “Soladiesel” [...] [...] First Heavy-Duty Diesel Powered By Algae Biodiesel, Solazyme’s “Soladiesel” [...]

]]> By: Clayton B. Cornell http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-1604 Clayton B. Cornell Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:33:17 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-1604 Sarah, Thanks for the link. I'm not sure how I feel about this whole idea because it doesn't sequester carbon. That being said, it still offers another way to make fuel, and I understand why the department of defense is interested in it. Sarah,

Thanks for the link. I’m not sure how I feel about this whole idea because it doesn’t sequester carbon. That being said, it still offers another way to make fuel, and I understand why the department of defense is interested in it.

]]> By: Clayton B. Cornell http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-22937 Clayton B. Cornell Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:33:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/04/17/first-heavy-duty-diesel-powered-by-algae-biodiesel-solazymes-soladiesel/#comment-22937 Sarah, Thanks for the link. I'm not sure how I feel about this whole idea because it doesn't sequester carbon. That being said, it still offers another way to make fuel, and I understand why the department of defense is interested in it. Sarah,

Thanks for the link. I’m not sure how I feel about this whole idea because it doesn’t sequester carbon. That being said, it still offers another way to make fuel, and I understand why the department of defense is interested in it.

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