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| Spanish firm claims it can make oil from plankton |
| 2006-07-21 |
| Posted by:Barbara Skolaut |
| #9 Huh pihkalbadger? Where are you going with the Croton oil bit? |
| Posted by: ed 2006-07-21 22:00 |
| #8 Shit, ed, no offence intended but there are SO many problems your pubmed paper is just a glimpse. No offence intended but Please Science it! Yeah! I'ts just an agent that induces cell growth, like cancer |
| Posted by: pihkalbadger 2006-07-21 20:50 |
| #7 The way to get oil from plankton is to feed it to whales, then hunt them for their oil. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2006-07-21 17:57 |
| #6 It was VERY popular in the North Korean test market. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-07-21 17:34 |
| #5 It's just a cover. Remember - "The government dispenses rations of synthetic food substances made by the Soylent Corporation: Soylent Yellow, Soylent Red, and the newest product, Soylent Green, the most popular version derived, according to the firm, from plankton." And we all know where that lead to. :) |
| Posted by: Uliger Spelet1498 2006-07-21 17:15 |
| #4 No more Chum Bucket? |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-07-21 16:46 |
| #3 But what about the whales? The whales will starve! |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-07-21 16:35 |
| #2 Blue-green algae are the most efficient photosynthesizers on earth and have very high oil concentrations (50% or more). It makes a heck of a lot more sense than converting corn kernels to oil and alcohol. The process works best when scrubbed smoke stack CO2 is dissolved into the water. www.greenfuelonline.com/gf_files/GFTCInBusiness.pdf |
| Posted by: ed 2006-07-21 16:28 |
| #1 Salt liberally, I suspect - at least at the present stage. Via Rand Simberg. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-07-21 15:53 |