Reply #79: What if the algae is not burnt and used as a feedstock and/or fertilizer instead? [View All]

[Turborama]

Wouldn't that act as a carbon "lock"?

Another idea that seems to make sense is to burn the biodiesel in the power plants and then capture the resulting CO2 again. Wouldn't that close the carbon loop?

The way I see it, the building of coal fired power plants (CFPPs) needs to be stopped immediately and something needs to be done asap with the CO2 the current CFPPs are emitting up until they are dismantled. Plugging them into alagal bioreactors can help mitigate what's being pumped into the atmosphere right now. Something needs to be done right now or it will be too late, if it isn't already.

The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) had a forum on recycling carbon last year. Presentations can be found: http://www.netl.doe.gov/publications/proceedings/08/H2/index.html">here

BTW, have you seen this video of Valcent's vertical algae bioreactors? It's what turned me onto algae in the 1st place: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ih-DLurcZA

The Science Channel's Ecopolis series had a good piece on them, too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsGFLXNVG1Q