So here’s an interesting idea.  The green scum that affixes itself to the interior of your stock tanks might end up fueling your tractors.

Algae is becoming the next big thing in biodiesel.  There are already several companies that are investing in Oil algae production.  Why algae?  Oil is just the really old, compressed version of algae, which with enough heat, pressure and time, has turned into oil.  From there we pull it out of the ground and refine it.  The technology that is being developed makes all of that happen faster.

Researchers discovered that microalgaes have a lipid concentration of about 30% by weight.   On a per acre basis estimates indicate that algae can produce up to 200 times more yield than the best producing vegetable/plant oil crops.………[ to read the full article visit http://blog.alextiller.com/post/37785292/algae-farming ]

Alex Tiller

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