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Re:Mass produced Gasoline from Algae is a reality next year ... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @09:17AM (#2489334)
Folks are going to flood fields with salt water to wildcat algae for fuel plants. I know I would if I lived near an algae plant and had the land.

The article claims there is no erosion issue - so its better on the environment. I disagree - its entirely possible to grow algae and damage the environment at the same time.

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Re:Mass produced Gasoline from Algae is a reality next year ... by krakensden on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @10:24AM (#2489571)
This isn't mentioned anywhere /near/ often enough- no one is going to be repurposing wetlands for this.
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Re:Mass produced Gasoline from Algae is a reality next year ... by protomyth on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @11:13AM (#2489744)
I thought I read once scheme was to run a water pipe into the desert and build your algae ponds their? No farmland, lots of sun. Not sure about it though.
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Re:Mass produced Gasoline from Algae is a reality next year ... by ilkandi on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @11:53AM (#2489899)
Lots of hot desert, salt water and pipeline/shipping infrastructure in the Gulf states. So, once again, the Saudis win? :)
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Re:Mass produced Gasoline from Algae is a reality next year ... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @01:09PM (#2490188)
Desert is an ecosystem too, and a fragile one. It can also be destroyed, and would definitely suffer if all that sunlight was "farmed away".
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