Algae to bioproducts (biodiesel, ethanol, hydrogen, Omega 3DHAs, and the bioremediation of soil, water and air)

Algae, the hair riccia, and potential bioproducts source.

To researchers, farmers, stakeholders of land, investors entrepreneurs, and community activists,

This is a call for any and all persons with interest or resources in aiding to formulate a team of individuals, backed by local stakeholders to participate in an emerging biotech industry and technology incentive prize contest. The contest should be available for entrance within 12 months, but it never hurts to be better prepared. The earlier we identify a reachable series of goals that the community can pull together and achieve, the better the entire community will be come peak oil. The sooner a team can come together for the Algae Prize, the better chance we would have at producing sustainable development technologies and place London-Middlesex (I am not familiar with the watershed name here, unfortunately) on the biotech and bioproducts map. Our smog would get much less deadly to breath as well.

In the seventies, a 24 year study conducted by National Research Energy Laboratories discovered that out of over 300,000 species examined, 431 species were found to contain a high volume of lipids capable of being turned into biodiesel fuel. 34 of these were of the "coldwater species" variety. The remainder of the algae can be converted into ethanol and fertilizer. Whereas, 18 gallons of corn ethanol can be yielded per acre and soybean oil yields roughly 38 gallons per acre, algae can yield approximately 5,000 to 20,000 gallons per hectacre, which is up to 300 times the yield of low yielding crops that are currently being used andhighly lobbied.

 Algae to biofuels and other byproducts is, through extensive research, widely becoming known as the most viable option to curb petroleum dependence, build upon a future sustainable hydrogen economy, fulfill global demands for Omega 3-DHA fatty acids, and reinvigorate our environment through the bioremediation of soil, water, and air.

Imagine taking a section or a few sections of the Thames River and building a bioremediation facility that would inevitably clean up the Thames, and make it fish friendly within 5 to 10 years. Imagine a sustainable fish farm every few clicks. Imagine every polluter in the watershed being legally obligated to "clean up their act" by diverting CO2 and other nonlethal emissions and waste systems into a bioremediation facility that would fulfill feedstock requirements for generating the living systems capable of remediating the local water and soil as well as producing large amounts of renewable energy through sustainable co-generation technology. This reality is mere logistical steps away. All that is needed is the education, participation and organization of all interested parties and community stakeholders. Seeing as renewable energy, alone, is a projected multi-trillion dollar industry, the prospective reasoning for initiating this sooner-than-later speaks for itself.

 For more information and current updates of algae to oil technologies and methods, please familiarize yourself with http://groups.yahoo.com/algae_to_oil

All interested parties, please contact biodieseler (at) gmail (dot) com and place the word "algae" in the title. An invitation to the local meetings will be sent to you.