*using CO2 to promote algae growth for fuel production will be worthwhile*

Hasbeen, it will be worthwhile when the numbers and technology stack
up. Its also about US energy security. Relying on those pesky
Arabs, Venezuelans etc, for reliable supplies, is not the best of
ideas.
Besides, oil extraction is becoming increasingly difficult and
costly as rigs go deeper and deeper, so oil prices will be heading
upward.

So throw in some genetic engineering of algae by people like Ventor
and good old US venture capital might just work wonders yet again.

Besides, it would also create massive amounts of American jobs

CO2 capture on a planetary scale within the timeframe we have, even if nations worked immediately and strenuously together towards it, is just another furphy. We can't be inactive while waiting for it and we can't be waiting to see whether experiments such as UV light and water droplet formation etc. will have an effect on the scientific consensus that there is a man-made problem. We must act now on the basis of the knowledge and technology at hand.

Those with the notions we have a century of fossil fuels might want to get more across the subject by having a look at the series starting at http://www.search-results.com/videos/watch-video/arithmetic-population-and-energy-part-1-a-talk-by-al-bartlett/BY7LTZYQtgoBAcCSTgOIXw?o=14900&l=dis&ver=11&domain=www.search-results.com

We have to work all ends of the problems we face. Sitting back with a faith in some amazing future salvation is just wishful thinking. We must act on the basis of the knowledge and technology available now.

I realize such moronic thinking stereotypes me as a pinko-commie-gay-whale-loving-tree-hugging-brown-rice-eating-bead-wearing-incense-burning-kombi-driver and I expect a proper flaming for my outburst from the OLO trolls. UOG, if your stuff rhymed I might read it

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A self propelled generator is not unusual
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Then you shouldn't have too much trouble pointing one out to me?

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does medieval physics come into it
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Is this a rhetorical question?

I think there's still a long way to go to make algae a viable fuel solution from what I've read.

There's only a couple of strains with high enough lipid count to be suitable and keeping contaminating strains out of the culture is a huge task.

Also great amounts of energy are required to extract the oils upon cultivation, so much so that NASA gave up on the idea back in the 70's when they spent considerable amount of time and money researching this tech.

I think they need to genetically modify some of the better strains to make it easier to extract their oil, otherwise it wouldn't be worth the setup costs and energy required to cultivate them.

On another note, beware of scams in this field, some have already been burned!

dont sweat on it luc-erase
im not about seeking praise

anyhow..on a point of note
here i quote what you have wrote

""We must act now"''

now there is a phrase
that my mind cant erase

so tell mr ol luci erase
who first coined the phrase

thing is mate..thats the same words i heard
when we bailed out the bankers..virtually overnight
and where did we get the cash from...we lent it from the banks

so the rich..got the bailout
and the poor are stuck paying of the debt
where did the money go..to banker bous..lest we forget

we are urged to act now
dont think..do it NOW
tomorrow is too late
wake up to the spin..[mate]

""on the basis of the knowledge"'

so tell me oh light of erasure
who's knowledge of phrase..who's knowledge
shall recieve our hard earned lucre'

""and technology at hand""
is petro chemical
we got at least 50 years with known reserves
and we got coal seam gas..comming out of our sarse

so who get the subsidy mate
solar cells or wind..or those growing algie
or ge and the nukes they refuse to recind..who wants the subsidy silly

its not me
so it must be you

so you dealt out your hand
got a link..strike up the band

sorry mate im not seeing it
i hope you hang arround

carbon capture...lol..how droll
how about googling up magnet moters on youtube
or the other gas..that dont explode..[see it implodes]
from a few stainless steel cylenders..[from the joe cell]..that runs our car for free.

pro hart had 3

bah im over trying to please

how much of my cash tax..will your polution solution cost me
if you want my subsidy..it isnt really free

yes i know
im such a tease

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how about googling up magnet moters on youtube
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How about you point me to one that's been proven credible?
And really, OUG, the Joe Cell? Is that the best you can do?
Next you'll be telling people will all have a Steven Marks, Toridial Coil running our houses. It's all in the ticks, those damn ticks no one can find!

I'm not saying that one day scientists won't unlock the secrets to untold amounts of power, hell there's a bazillion joules just in the air we breath out everyday, but we're far from it I'm afraid.

And if you think it's being suppressed by the evil elite, why is it they die and fly planes just like the rest of us, pretty big secret to keep for all those years donchayathink?