Biofuel algae sacrifice fish

The production of biofuel from algae Marine is a trend that is gaining increasingly strength in the USA. The process has been considered by many scholars, one of energy alternatives Clears the most promising for the future. This is because the fuel algae does not affect agriculture – because it is cultivated in areas without benefit to the cultivation of food – and also offers 30 times more than others raw materials used in the production of biofuel.But companies that invest in this new technology go hand in hand facing another environmental problem: electrical energy wastage during production of biofuel .According to LiveFuels – one of the North American companies which work with technology –, to Spoon seaweed and turning them into oil equipment which are required consume a lot of electricity.Order the production, esverdear LiveFuels resolved bet on a new form do biofuel with algae, but the idea doesn't seem to have been very brilliant: the company recently announced that it uses to fish make the collection of algae. After feeding the animals will be caught and, after digestion and to process the algae in oil, the fish will be slaughtered for the firm to extract the biofuel.The idea reduces expenses with energy and carbon emissions, but also an imbalance into the maritime ecosystem and, therefore, outraged the environmentalists, who claim that the company is “ exchanging six per half a dozen ”.But the spokesman of the LiveFuels does not agree, and when questioned, said only that “ these associations of protection of animals should oppose the fish conventional, since it is much more detrimental to the environment ”. [Super interessante]
By the We are in the same scoreboard. who knows, with a little more study and experience, We will no longer be so dependent on fossils fuels that both pollute?!

Algae vs. Petrol

Never We have heard so much about bicombustíveis as now. Soybean growers Brazilian, Indonesian oil palm oil and other agricultural crops salivam faced with the prospects of transforming this mount fuel crops in the future. But these dreams can collapse in front of a competitor uncommon: seaweed. This is being made by a serie of companies fantastic names to the US, such as and Solix biofuels Solazyme .On paper, the idea more than reasonable: some species of green algae, beings NET operating essentially terrestrial plants are up to 100 times more productive soybeans, for example. And make them grow not requires practises nor skill: they do not need to land, water, only light and carbon dioxide. Cell oil can be transformed into biodiesel, able to move all type of vehicle and still be used PRA warm homes. The high efficiency of growth of them also means that an area for small would be sufficient PRA grow them, instead of vast soy farming Today Amazon driving deforestation. However, remains sevai give to resolve problems that prevent the production of seaweed-diesel in large scale. We must find the right way for controlled growth of algae – If it is too quickly, some have just sealing the light of the other and enguiçam process.And also is still a problem that seaweed extract the oil – you must use chemical methods, because it does not to simply espremê them, as with the olives. In short, prove that the seaweed-diesel going to do so well to Pocket on the environment can be done.
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