Comments on: Arizona Project Uses Algae to Turn Coal Pollution Into Biofuel http://gas2.org/2009/09/17/arizona-project-uses-algae-to-turn-coal-pollution-into-biofuel/ 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 00:40:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cems http://gas2.org/2009/09/17/arizona-project-uses-algae-to-turn-coal-pollution-into-biofuel/#comment-12424 cems Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:49:31 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3548#comment-12424 Liquifying coal? Can't we just process the liquid coal and turn it into fuel for our cars? That might cut down on the fuel used to transport our fuel from around the world, since we get the coal from our own backyards, as well as decrease foreign dependence. I don't like the idea of increasing nuclear power, because that just enlarges a whole different problem == how to dispose of nuclear waste. Liquifying coal? Can’t we just process the liquid coal and turn it into fuel for our cars? That might cut down on the fuel used to transport our fuel from around the world, since we get the coal from our own backyards, as well as decrease foreign dependence. I don’t like the idea of increasing nuclear power, because that just enlarges a whole different problem == how to dispose of nuclear waste.

]]> By: cems http://gas2.org/2009/09/17/arizona-project-uses-algae-to-turn-coal-pollution-into-biofuel/#comment-35702 cems Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:49:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3548#comment-35702 Liquifying coal? Can't we just process the liquid coal and turn it into fuel for our cars? That might cut down on the fuel used to transport our fuel from around the world, since we get the coal from our own backyards, as well as decrease foreign dependence. I don't like the idea of increasing nuclear power, because that just enlarges a whole different problem == how to dispose of nuclear waste. Liquifying coal? Can’t we just process the liquid coal and turn it into fuel for our cars? That might cut down on the fuel used to transport our fuel from around the world, since we get the coal from our own backyards, as well as decrease foreign dependence. I don’t like the idea of increasing nuclear power, because that just enlarges a whole different problem == how to dispose of nuclear waste.

]]> By: anonymous http://gas2.org/2009/09/17/arizona-project-uses-algae-to-turn-coal-pollution-into-biofuel/#comment-12423 anonymous Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:12:38 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3548#comment-12423 We have spent over $2.2 billion dollars on algae research for the last 35 years and nothing to show for it. Algae has been researched to death at universities for the last 50 years in the US. The problem is as long as the algae researchers can say we are 3-5 years away, its too expensive and they need more research they get the grant money. Nothing will ever get commercialized at the university level and the last thing we need is a federal contractor building algae plants on a cost plus contract. There are commercial algae plants being built today with private money without any federal money and federal grants. The question you need to be asking is " Does the US really want to get off of foreign oil or do we want to continue to fund the algae researchers at the universities." We need monies going into algae oil production and stop wasting money on research. Algae researchers are incapable of commercializing anything! We have spent over $2.2 billion dollars on algae research for the last 35 years and nothing to show for it. Algae has been researched to death at universities for the last 50 years in the US. The problem is as long as the algae researchers can say we are 3-5 years away, its too expensive and they need more research they get the grant money. Nothing will ever get commercialized at the university level and the last thing we need is a federal contractor building algae plants on a cost plus contract.

There are commercial algae plants being built today with private money without any federal money and federal grants. The question you need to be asking is ” Does the US really want to get off of foreign oil or do we want to continue to fund the algae researchers at the universities.”

We need monies going into algae oil production and stop wasting money on research. Algae researchers are incapable of commercializing anything!

]]> By: anonymous http://gas2.org/2009/09/17/arizona-project-uses-algae-to-turn-coal-pollution-into-biofuel/#comment-35701 anonymous Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:12:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3548#comment-35701 We have spent over $2.2 billion dollars on algae research for the last 35 years and nothing to show for it. Algae has been researched to death at universities for the last 50 years in the US. The problem is as long as the algae researchers can say we are 3-5 years away, its too expensive and they need more research they get the grant money. Nothing will ever get commercialized at the university level and the last thing we need is a federal contractor building algae plants on a cost plus contract. There are commercial algae plants being built today with private money without any federal money and federal grants. The question you need to be asking is " Does the US really want to get off of foreign oil or do we want to continue to fund the algae researchers at the universities." We need monies going into algae oil production and stop wasting money on research. Algae researchers are incapable of commercializing anything! We have spent over $2.2 billion dollars on algae research for the last 35 years and nothing to show for it. Algae has been researched to death at universities for the last 50 years in the US. The problem is as long as the algae researchers can say we are 3-5 years away, its too expensive and they need more research they get the grant money. Nothing will ever get commercialized at the university level and the last thing we need is a federal contractor building algae plants on a cost plus contract.

There are commercial algae plants being built today with private money without any federal money and federal grants. The question you need to be asking is ” Does the US really want to get off of foreign oil or do we want to continue to fund the algae researchers at the universities.”

We need monies going into algae oil production and stop wasting money on research. Algae researchers are incapable of commercializing anything!

]]> By: Royce R. Vines http://gas2.org/2009/09/17/arizona-project-uses-algae-to-turn-coal-pollution-into-biofuel/#comment-12422 Royce R. Vines Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:37:14 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3548#comment-12422 G'day Raymond, Anthropological Global Warming now being called Climate Change sounds to me to be suspiciously like an each-way-bet. After all, the temperature of the planet has fallen by 0.75 deg F in the last 10 years. Regards, Royce R. Vines Unintended consequences rule when busybodies get on their "high horses" - Emmet G’day Raymond, Anthropological Global Warming now being called Climate Change sounds to me to be suspiciously like an each-way-bet. After all, the temperature of the planet has fallen by 0.75 deg F in the last 10 years.

Regards,

Royce R. Vines

Unintended consequences rule when busybodies get on their “high horses” – Emmet

]]> By: Royce R. Vines http://gas2.org/2009/09/17/arizona-project-uses-algae-to-turn-coal-pollution-into-biofuel/#comment-35700 Royce R. Vines Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:37:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3548#comment-35700 G'day Raymond, Anthropological Global Warming now being called Climate Change sounds to me to be suspiciously like an each-way-bet. After all, the temperature of the planet has fallen by 0.75 deg F in the last 10 years. Regards, Royce R. Vines Unintended consequences rule when busybodies get on their "high horses" - Emmet G’day Raymond, Anthropological Global Warming now being called Climate Change sounds to me to be suspiciously like an each-way-bet. After all, the temperature of the planet has fallen by 0.75 deg F in the last 10 years.

Regards,

Royce R. Vines

Unintended consequences rule when busybodies get on their “high horses” – Emmet

]]> By: Royce R. Vines http://gas2.org/2009/09/17/arizona-project-uses-algae-to-turn-coal-pollution-into-biofuel/#comment-12421 Royce R. Vines Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:33:15 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3548#comment-12421 The should have been Hydro-carbon The should have been Hydro-carbon

]]> By: Royce R. Vines http://gas2.org/2009/09/17/arizona-project-uses-algae-to-turn-coal-pollution-into-biofuel/#comment-35699 Royce R. Vines Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:33:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3548#comment-35699 The should have been Hydro-carbon The should have been Hydro-carbon

]]> By: Royce R. Vines http://gas2.org/2009/09/17/arizona-project-uses-algae-to-turn-coal-pollution-into-biofuel/#comment-12420 Royce R. Vines Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:32:30 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3548#comment-12420 G'day, this shows that CO2 cannot be a pollutant. Without CO2, most of this planets life dies. It will, however, short cut the process that converts CO2 to C to coal or a hydrcarbon. Bring it on. I agree with the Prius comment too. Regards, Royce R. Vines "Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson G’day, this shows that CO2 cannot be a pollutant. Without CO2, most of this planets life dies. It will, however, short cut the process that converts CO2 to C to coal or a hydrcarbon. Bring it on. I agree with the Prius comment too.

Regards,

Royce R. Vines

“Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

]]> By: Royce R. Vines http://gas2.org/2009/09/17/arizona-project-uses-algae-to-turn-coal-pollution-into-biofuel/#comment-35698 Royce R. Vines Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:32:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3548#comment-35698 G'day, this shows that CO2 cannot be a pollutant. Without CO2, most of this planets life dies. It will, however, short cut the process that converts CO2 to C to coal or a hydrcarbon. Bring it on. I agree with the Prius comment too. Regards, Royce R. Vines "Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson G’day, this shows that CO2 cannot be a pollutant. Without CO2, most of this planets life dies. It will, however, short cut the process that converts CO2 to C to coal or a hydrcarbon. Bring it on. I agree with the Prius comment too.

Regards,

Royce R. Vines

“Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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