Technology news and Jobs 
Our Blogs The BeerFiles CO2 chomping Algae to fuel cars, cut greenhouse gas and create jobs
Our Blogs The BeerFiles CO2 chomping Algae to fuel cars, cut greenhouse gas and create jobs | CO2 chomping Algae to fuel cars, cut greenhouse gas and create jobs |
|
| by Stan Beer | |
| Wednesday, 04 March 2009 | |
|
Page 1 of 2   
Featured Whitepaper
5 Best Practices for Smartphone Support
CSIRO Energy Transformed researcher Dr Tom Beer and his team discovered the humble organisms’ green credentials during a detailed life-cycle analysis of the benefits of algal biodiesel. “Our research has shown that under ideal conditions it is possible to produce algal biodiesel at a lower cost and with less greenhouse gas emissions than fossil diesel,” Dr Beer said. “The greenhouse gas reductions are the result of avoiding the use of a fossil resource for fuel production, capturing methane produced by the processed algae to generate energy and taking into account the potential greenhouse gas offsets from industry.” Algae thrive on carbon dioxide (CO2), which means that environmentally damaging CO2 emissions from industry could also become a useful resource. Algal biodiesel could also offer a number of other benefits, according to Dr Beer and his team. CONTINUED Page 2 |
| < Next story in category | Previous story in the category > |
|---|
