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Old April 10th 08, 10:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Peter Dohm
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"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote:

Diesel from algae has the potential for 10000 usg/acre used (and is
more of an industrial than agricultural process). So far it's not been
developed because oil has been so cheap.




Really? Haven't heard anything at all of this process.. I'll have to
have a look around unless you can shortcut me to somewhere ...



http://www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html

No time to study it next week, but this sort of thing has a way of including
a decimal point in the wrong place. It could still be a very good and
economically viable idea; just not a solution to 100% of the requirement.
That can also be a good thing, because a single source of amost anything is
a risky proposition.

Peter