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Algae Airplane Fuel Packs Power

A recent test flight of a unmodified airliner that used an algae-based biofuel was a great success! This is good news for air travelers as it will mean that their carbon footprint will be greatly reduced when airliners switch to the more efficient biofuel.
The test by Houston-based Continental, the fourth-largest U.S. airline, is a step [...]

January 8th, 2009
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Another Algae Find for Biofuel

Researchers in Thailand have found another species of algae that is a promising biofuel. This of course, should come to no surprise to regular Things Are Good readers because I love how algae will save us all, just look at all these good news algae posts.
Dr Leesing is confident that the algae can be effectively [...]

November 3rd, 2008
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Algae Good For Most Strokes

Algae is freaking awesome! Here’s more information on the goo of goodness: it can be used as fuel for nearly any engine.
I’m utterly convinced that if we heavily funded algae research we could create amazing fuels, clean the air, and basically save the world.
ome oils created by algae might be appropriate for fueling [...]

August 29th, 2008
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Terra Preta Soils Technology To Master the Carbon Cycle

This technology represents the most comprehensive, low cost, and productive approach to long term stewardship and sustainability.Terra Preta Soils a process for Carbon Negative Bio fuels, massive Carbon sequestration, 1/3 Lower CH4 & N2O soil emissions, and 3X Fertility Too.
SCIAM Article May 15 07;
After many years of reviewing solutions to anthropogenic global warming (AGW) [...]

November 6th, 2007
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More About Wonderful Algae

I love how algae can be used for almost anything. If the future is covered in algae, well, I’ll be the first to say that that’s a good thing.
Inhabitat has a post about how algae is being converted into crude biofuel.
The scientists involved in the LiveFuels project are focusing on specialized aspects of the algae-to-biocrude [...]

October 23rd, 2007
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More Efficient Jet Travel

Princeton University is looking into the details of using biofuels in jet airplanes. The research team will examine what fuel mixture provides the best efficiency and how engines can be designed to better burn the fuels that they are bound to create.
Alternative energy sources, if designed appropriately, also could significantly reduce the amount of greenhouse [...]

October 22nd, 2007
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