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toyyoda

affected by gas prices

Nov 04, 2012 14:58

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global warming, taxes, global climate change, government spending, alcohol fuel, alternative fuel, tax

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Is it a business or a hobby? theheretic November 4 2012, 20:41:00 UTC

An industry that requires subsidies is a hobby, not a business ( ... )

Re: Is it a business or a hobby? toyyoda November 4 2012, 21:11:49 UTC

Awhile back in my journal I wrote of the problems of algae biodiesel. It would only take a flood to release it from the farm ponds into other waterways causing another Asian carp like ecological disaster. Also a bird landing in a farm pond would carry it to another waterway, same ecological disaster.
Super Algae to make fuel, a bad idea.

Re: Is it a business or a hobby? theheretic November 4 2012, 21:25:21 UTC

There is a company in South San Francisco that puts the algae inside inclined glass tubes about 6 inches in diameter and 30 feet long, bubbles air through, and the diesel rises to the top. It can be controlled. No birds, no spills, no ponds. A stable reaction with a stable output you can measure. They hired a bunch of biotech workers in 2011 and have been trying to scale up ever since. I expect their model to work best, and to end up in every city.

Re: Is it a business or a hobby? toyyoda November 4 2012, 21:38:53 UTC

Sure, they always say it can be safely contained.
Like Killer Bee's, Nuclear power

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