[MD] FYI: microalgae-derived renewable diesel

[Woods Woods]

Marsha:
Here's something to keep your eye on...

http://www.solazyme.com/news080611.shtml

Or will this information get lost?




woods:
    Interesting...  It said the end-product is safer than oil.  I 
wonder what the end-product is.  
    There's a lot of alternative fuels.  I'm for them all.  It goes 
back to the same argument that I believe Thomas Jefferson 
used for the U.S. to switch to maple syrup, instead of importing 
sugar cane.  It's domestic.  It would support local.  It is native and 
thus, supports wild forests.  This is what I like about 
switchgrass as a fuel.  It naturally goes in the Central U.S., and this 
would at the same time sustain and bring back larger wild regions 
in the Central U.S., which means habit for buffalo, black-footed ferret, 
pronghorn, etc...
    The algae looks like a good way to make fuel in already established 
urban areas.  Put the algae in barrels and grow.  
     I wish these discussions were more mainstream.


thanks.


woods