Argument against high gas prices

"gatt" wrote:
Sugar grows really well in places like Louisiana.

Corn, sugarcane, and other crops appear to be dwarfed by the energy
delivered by a family of organisms dating back nearly 3.5 billion years:

Algae.

See:
http://www.physorg.com/news89400502.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_content_of_Biofuel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algacul...sel_production

"Microalgae have much faster growth-rates than terrestrial crops. The per
unit area yield of oil from algae is estimated to be from between 5,000 to
20,000 gallons per acre, per year; this is 7 to 31 times greater than the
next best crop, palm oil (635 gallons)." (From the Algaculture article.)

"Jim Logajan" wrote

Corn, sugarcane, and other crops appear to be dwarfed by the energy
delivered by a family of organisms dating back nearly 3.5 billion years:

Algae.

PLUS the added bonus that it produces massive amounts of oxygen, while
consuming carbon dioxide.

It really is a neat little solar collector of a cell.
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote:
"Jim Logajan" wrote

Corn, sugarcane, and other crops appear to be dwarfed by the energy
delivered by a family of organisms dating back nearly 3.5 billion years:

Algae.

PLUS the added bonus that it produces massive amounts of oxygen, while
consuming carbon dioxide.

True on both counts - but one could burn the entire biosphere and it would
not consume all the oxygen in the atmosphere. So the extra oxygen is no big
deal since no shortage is anticipated. Unless you are thinking of some
other advantage or use of the oxygen....

"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
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"gatt" wrote:
Sugar grows really well in places like Louisiana.

Corn, sugarcane, and other crops appear to be dwarfed by the energy
delivered by a family of organisms dating back nearly 3.5 billion years:

Algae.

It would be spectacular if we could harvest algae for fuel.

-c