Kaitlynn Lanter Period 5

 Algae does not reduce CO 2 because any CO 2 taken out of the atmosphere by the algae is returned when the Algae is burned.  Algae doesn’t affect fresh water resources. It can be produced using ocean and wastewater is biodegradable and relatively harmless to the environment if spilled.  However the production of the algae requires fertilizers, which emit nitrous oxide.

 They cultivate algae and take the oil it produces to create algae fuel  Solzyme demonstrated its algae-based fuel in a diesel car. Late last year, the company received a $2 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop a substitute for crude oil based on algae.  Solzyme has also produced a fuel suitable for powering jet aircraft from algae  Algae is still being researched so it has yet to be our number one fuel source.

 Biodiesel  Biobutanol  Biogasoline  Methane  Ethanol  SVO  Jet fuel

 Biofuel is made in two ways: grown from the fermented sugars and carbohydrates found in plants, or made from the oils found in plants  It can be made a replacement of fossil fuel  It doesn’t add to carbon emissions nor take away  The land for the biofuel fields takes away from the forests harming both plant and animal life

 The production and use of biofuels is steadily increasing but is not a large enough industry as of yet to fully replace fossil fuels  Research is still being conducted so we do not have it as the number one source of energy

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