Submitted by InterestedReader on December 19, 2006 - 2:59pm.
I don't know enough at this point to comment on the light, heat or scale issues, but feeding the algae should be simple.
Locate a facility with access to water from the lower reaches of the Mississippi River! (Or any other river with fertilizer pollution.)
There is enough fertilizer runoff to create a large dead zone in the Gulf every year. Using some of it to produce biofuel would help alleviate 2 problems at once and lead to a more balanced ecological recovery.
Food for algae
I don't know enough at this point to comment on the light, heat or scale issues, but feeding the algae should be simple.
Locate a facility with access to water from the lower reaches of the Mississippi River! (Or any other river with fertilizer pollution.)
There is enough fertilizer runoff to create a large dead zone in the Gulf every year. Using some of it to produce biofuel would help alleviate 2 problems at once and lead to a more balanced ecological recovery.