Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Seaweed - A New Fuel?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120305132534.htm

To find a new bio-fuel requires a large amount of researching, considering it involves science, politics, economics, and other aspects. The amount of bio-fuel that is created from corn and other agricultural cannot be produced in large enough quantities without taking up too much room, and then it becomes costly. But recently it has been found that the next possible fuel may be seaweed. It doesn't require cropland, for large quantities naturally grow in the oceans. Also as many bio-fuels it is a clean fuel. This process would not harm ecosystems much and it grows faster than most organisms. In some areas, it is actually more beneficial to the environment to clean it of seaweed for it gets rid of excess algae. The process to make seaweed into a bio-fuel is the CAMUS process [Combined Aquaculture Multi-Use Systems]. And then to make the bio-fuel even more efficient all that needs to be done is make the seaweed contain more sugar. If this could all come together there could be a bright future for environmentally-friendly fuels.

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