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2011-11-17T09:46:00.001-05:00

Avocado seeds a source of natural color

CHICAGO (UPI) -- U.S. food scientists say avocado seeds, typicallyconsidered waste by growers, could yield a natural orange coloring foruse in future food products.

In a study published by the Institute of Food Technologists,researchers found that crushing avocado seeds along with air generatesan orange color usable as a natural food coloring.

The discovery represents a potential added value for avocado growersand companies that process avocado into oil or food products such asguacamole, the researchers said.

While artificial colors are easy to produce and less expensive,consumer desire for more natural products here has led to an increasedeffort to discover new natural alternatives.

Scientists at Penn State say further research is under way intoutilizing the seeds, which account for 16 percent of the weight of anaverage avocado.

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Energy use 2011

2011-11-11T08:48:00.001-05:00

U.S. energy use subject of report
LIVERMORE, Calif. (UPI) -- U.S. energy use went back up in 2010compared with 2009, which hit a 12-year low in consumption, with most of the increase in fossil fuels, a report said.
Electricity from renewable resources remained fairly constant with anincrease in wind power offset by a modest decline in hydroelectricity,the report by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory said.
Wind power jumped from 0.70 quadrillion BTU, or quads, in 2009 to 0.92quads in 2010. (A BTU, or British Thermal Unit, is a unit ofmeasurement for energy).

Biomass energy consumption, mostly in ethanol, rose from 3.88 quads to4.29 quads, the report said.
"We are still seeing the capacity additions from a wind energy boomcome online," said A.J. Simon, an energy systems analyst at thelaboratory who studied data provided by the Energy Department's EnergyInformation Administration. "And renewable fuel mandates are drivingthe consumption of ethanol by cars and trucks."

The majority of energy resources were used in 2010 for electricitygeneration, followed by transportation, industrial, residential andcommercial consumption.
"This is just a snapshot of how the energy system was used," Simonsaid. "Although it doesn't appear to change much from year-to-year,even small shifts can have big consequences for certain sectors of oureconomy."

Copyright 2011 by United Press International

2011-11-09T09:58:00.000-05:00

The law of substitution applies to all good things . Bio fuels make economic sense

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2011-10-31T22:27:00.001-04:00

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2011-10-22T10:49:00.001-04:00

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Date: Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 10:46 AM
Subject: flying machine
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2011-10-21T07:44:00.001-04:00

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2011-10-09T14:28:00.001-04:00

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sunlight break through for solar power?

2011-10-04T09:32:00.001-04:00

Artificial 'leaf' could make electricity

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say an artificial "leaf" of silicon can use sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen thatcan be fed into fuel cells to make power.

"You drop it in a glass of water and you walk outside and hold it inthe sun, and you'll start to see bubbles of hydrogen and oxygen,"Daniel Nocera, an MIT professor who led the team that invented thedevice, told The Boston Globe.

The leaf could solve a challenge facing solar power of how to storeenergy produced by the sun so it can be used on cloudy days, thenewspaper said Thursday.

Instead of charging a battery, the energy could be stored as oxygenand hydrogen gases to be later combined in fuel cells to generateelectricity, the researchers said.

The next step, Nocera said, is to scale up the technology to produceenough hydrogen and oxygen for a fuel cell to power a car or home.

He likes the invention for its simplicity, he said.

"I don't have to have anything wired up, I don't have to plug it intoanything," he said. "That's what leaves do: They take sunlight andthey make a wireless current -- like what is happening here."

Copyright 2011 by United Press International

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UV safe water option

2011-10-03T18:55:00.001-04:00

Inexpensive system can disinfect water

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (UPI) -- A new technology using UV light fromsunlight can disinfect drinking water for large parts of the world'spopulation easily and cheaply, U.S. researchers say.

A team of Purdue University researchers says the system, in whichsunlight is captured by a parabolic reflector and focused onto aUV-transparent pipe through which water flows continuously, could helpthe world's 800 million people who lack safe drinking water.

"We've been working on UV disinfection for about 20 years," Ernest R.Blatchley III, a professor of civil engineering, said in a Purduerelease Thursday. "All of our work up until a couple years ago dealtwith UV systems based on an artificial UV source. What we are workingon more recently is using ultraviolet radiation from the sun."

The researchers say there were motivated to develop a practical,inexpensive water-treatment technology for developing nations.

"The water available for people to drink in many developing countrieshasn't been treated to remove contaminants, including pathogenicmicroorganisms," Blatchley said. "As a result, thousands of childrendie daily from diarrhea and its consequences, including dehydration.

"Half of the world's hospital beds are occupied by people who aresickened by the water they drink."

The researchers say their system, costing less than $100 for materials, was able to inactive E. coli bacteria and that improvementsshould prove effective against other deadly pathogens.

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Heating fuel review

2011-09-30T15:06:00.001-04:00

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flexible solar

2011-09-29T10:07:00.001-04:00

New material for 'bendable' solar cells

EVANSTON, Ill. (UPI) -- A new material for solar cells -- atransparent conductor made of carbon nanotubes -- could revolutionizethe way solar power is harvested, U.S. scientists say.

The material could be an affordable and flexible alternative tocurrent technology, which is mechanically brittle and reliant on arelatively rare mineral, a release by Northwestern University saidTuesday.

Northwestern researchers said the material's mechanical flexibilitycould allow solar cells to be integrated into fabrics and clothing,creating portable energy for everything from personal electronics tomilitary operations.

Solar cells require a transparent conductor layer that allows light topass into the cell and electricity to pass out, so the conductor mustbe both electrically conductive and optically transparent. Indium tinoxide, the material predominantly in use currently, is mechanicallybrittle and relies on the relatively rare and expensive elementindium.

The Northwestern team has created an alternative to indium tin oxideusing single-walled carbon nanotubes, tiny, hollow cylinders of carbonjust one nanometer in diameter.

Because carbon nanotubes are flexible they could lead to newapplications in solar cells such as military tents incorporating theflexible solar cells into tent material to provide power directly forsoldiers in the field, or the cells could be integrated into clothing,backpacks or purses for wearable electronics.

"With this mechanically flexible technology, it's much easier toimagine integrating solar technology into everyday life, rather thancarrying around a large, inflexible solar cell," materials scientistMark C. Hersam said.

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2011-09-08T11:00:00.001-04:00

New material could 'soak' up radioactivity

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (UPI) -- A new material shows promise for trappingand removing pollutants in water, especially heavy metals andradioactive waste, U.S. researchers say.

Present techniques are very effective for removing minerals such ascalcium and magnesium, which occur as positively charged ions in"hard" water, but many heavy metals and other inorganic pollutantsform negatively charged ions in water and are much more difficult toremove, researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, said.

Now UCSC chemists have developed a material that can soak upnegatively charged pollutants from water, a university releasereported Tuesday.

The new material could be used to treat polluted water through an ionexchange process similar to water softening, they said.

The researchers are focusing on the use of the material, dubbedSLUG-26, to trap the radioactive metal technetium, a major concern forlong-term disposal of radioactive waste.

Technetium, produced in nuclear reactors, has a half-life of 212,000years and can leach out of solid waste, making groundwatercontamination a serious concern.

"It's a problem because of its environmental mobility, so they neednew ways to trap it," chemistry Professor Scott Oliver said.

"Whether or not [SLUG-26] can be used in the real world is still to beseen, but so far it looks very promising," Oliver said.

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Recycled paper may fuel automobiles

2011-08-30T21:58:00.001-04:00

NEW ORLEANS (UPI) -- Scientists in Louisiana say they've foundbacteria that can use recycled paper or any cellulose to producebutanol, a biofuel substitute for gasoline.

The new bacterium, dubbed "TU-103," is the first bacterial strain fromnature that can produce butanol directly from cellulose, a TulaneUniversity release said Thursday.

"Cellulose is found in all green plants, and is the most abundantorganic material on earth, and converting it into butanol is the dreamof many," said Tulane researcher Harshad Velankar.

"In the United States alone, at least 323 million tons of cellulosicmaterials that could be used to produce butanol are thrown out eachyear," he said.

As a biofuel, butanol has advantages over ethanol, the researcherssaid, because it can fuel existing motor vehicles without any enginemodifications and can be transported through existing fuel pipelines.

It is also less corrosive and can produce more energy than ethanol,they said.

"In addition to possible savings on the price per gallon, as a fuel,bio-butanol produced from cellulose would dramatically reduce carbondioxide and smog emissions in comparison to gasoline, and have apositive impact on landfill waste," research leader David Mullin said.

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solar development

2011-08-02T07:45:00.001-04:00

Paper-thin solar panels made -- on paper

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've developed aflexible and extremely thin solar technology that can be printed onpaper to create a working solar cell.

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say thetechnology could allow the solar industry to transition away fromlarge, expensive installations and toward the possibility of easilygenerated renewable electricity almost anywhere, the Los Angeles Timesreported Thursday.

The MIT researchers say vaporous inks made from common elements ratherthan pricey, toxic components like tellurium normally utilized insolar cells can create cells on plain, untreated paper, includingtissue, tracing paper and even newsprint.

The paper can be shaped and folded and still generate electricity whenunfolded, and the cells have proven to be long lasting, theresearchers said.

Current commercial solar options require glass and heavy supportstructures, whereas paper cells could be taped to a wall, attached tolaptops or made into window shades or clothing and even laminated towithstand harsh weather, the researchers said.

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A frontier wow

2011-07-26T07:47:00.001-04:00

Brain chip sought to drive paralyzed limbs

SAN DIEGO (UPI) -- Three U.S. universities were given grants to studysensorimotor neural engineering that would allow the brain tocommunicate with prosthetic or paralyzed limbs.

San Diego State University is one of the schools sharing an $18.5million National Science Foundation grant to research chips that couldbe implanted in the brain to send signals to a prosthetic or paralyzedlimb, giving it the full dexterity of an undamaged hand or leg, TheSan Diego Union-Tribune reported Sunday.

Sensors in the limbs would return signals to the brain, sendingsensations of heat and cold or recognizing changes in texture,researchers said.

The five-year grant will be shared between SDSU, the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology and the University of Washington.

"NSF always pursues research at the leading edge," foundationspokesman Josh Chamot said. "We're taking proposals that look forward,that could lead to entirely new concepts and technology, entirely newfields. But the fact is that the people who built up this team alreadyhave research that shows they can accomplish these goals."

Scientists say the research could lead to commercial products to helpwounded veterans, people with spinal cord injuries and those withneurological disorders.

"It's like the Six Million Dollar Man, the bionic man," said Kee Moon,a mechanical engineering professor who will lead SDSU's team.

"We hope, at the end of 10 years, to be able to implant a device onthe brain to drive a prosthetic device in a way that the informationgoes both ways -- from the brain to the device and the device to thebrain," he said.

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making better things happen

2011-06-24T09:19:00.001-04:00

'Super sand' could improve drinking water

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Australian scientists say ordinary sand, used tofilter and purify drinking water around the world, can be made into a"super sand" five times more efficient.

Researchers writing in the journal Applied Materials & Interfaces saythe material could be a low-cost benefit in developing countries wheremore than a billion people lack clean drinking water.

Sand has been used to purify water for more than 6,000 years, and sandor gravel water filtration is endorsed by the World HealthOrganization, researchers Mainak Majumder and his colleagues write,but their study of a nanomaterial called graphite oxide suggests itcould be used to improve sand filtration in a cost-effective way.

Sand grains coated with graphite oxide become a "super sand" that cansuccessfully remove mercury and other contaminants from water.

While ordinary sand was saturated with mercury after just 10 minutesof filtration, the super sand was capable of absorbing the heavy metalfor more than 50 minutes, the researchers said.

Its filtration "performance is comparable to some commerciallyavailable activated carbon," at much less cost, the scientists said.

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for the ladies

2011-06-20T09:33:00.001-04:00

Scientists discover cause of gray hair

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Scientists at the Ito Lab at New York University'sLangone Medical Center say they have identified the protein thatcauses gray hair.

Researchers, using black mice as test subjects, isolated a proteinidentified as 'wnt' as the cause of gray hair and that a cure willeventually be found, ABC News reported.

"Mouse and the human hairs are very similar in the way that they arestructured and the way they contain melanocyte stem cells," said PiulRabbani, the graduate student leading the study. "We found that thewnt signaling pathway is activated the same way."

He said the wnt protein coordinates pigmentation between cells and thebreakthrough means the wnt protein could be added to hair groomingproducts or supplements, putting an end to graying hair.

"Our hair follicles and the pigmentation from the melanocyte stemcells work in a very similar fashion, so it definitely can be appliedat some point in the future," Rabbani told ABC News.

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2011-05-26T09:14:00.001-04:00

'Self-healing' coating piques U.S interest

FRIBOURG, Switzerland (UPI) -- U.S. and Swiss scientists say they havedeveloped a polymer-based coating that can heal itself when placedunder ultraviolet light for less than a minute.

The "metallo-supramolecular" polymer coating has garnered interestfrom many parties, including the U.S military, Swissinfo.com reported.

"For the moment it's still at the basic research level," ChristophWeder, director of Fribourg University's Adolphe Merkle Institute,said. "We are not looking to develop products for the market butconcepts and tools that can then develop commercially viablematerials. That's the way our [nanoscience] institute functions."

He declined to comment on the U.S. military's particular interest inthe material.

"I don't want to speculate on their interest in supporting thisparticular project, but the people involved were really devoted tobasic research," said Weder, a Swiss professor of polymer chemistryand materials who has worked for many years in the United States.

The new material has many potential practical applications fromtactile computer screens to everyday consumer items like cars, floorsand furniture that get easily scratched.

"This is ingenious and transformative materials research," said AndrewLovinger, polymers program director at the National ScienceFoundation's Materials Research Division.

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Fwd: Smell -makes a difference

2011-05-20T09:01:00.001-04:00

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Date: Fri, May 20, 2011 at 7:59 AM
Subject: Smell -makes a difference
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Aromatherapy's Amazing Effects on Your Mind and Mood

Alan Hirsch, MD

Scents have subtle yet powerful effects on emotions -- boosting confidence, easing stress, triggering fond memories and more. Here's how to use your sense of smell to manage your moods... and other people's, too!
Increase mental sharpness with fresh flowers. When you need to focus -- for instance, to memorize a speech or balance a checkbook -- keep a vase of mixed fragrant flowers nearby. Take periodic breaks to consciously "stop and smell the roses." For kids: This helps when doing homework or studying for a test.

Promote positive family interaction with Garlic. Serve garlic bread at dinner. In studies, this scent reduced negative dinnertime remarks by 22.7% and increased pleasantries by 7.4%. You don't even have to eat the bread to reap the benefits.

Feel younger with pink grapefruit. To make others perceive you as youthful (so you feel that way, too), apply a grapefruit-scented or other citrusy body lotion or spray right after your shower. Avoid: Lavender, which makes you seem granny-ish.

Feel more secure with baby powder. Keep a small bottle or resealable plastic bag of baby powder in your purse or briefcase. Before heading into a challenging situation (a meeting with your ex, a job interview), open the container slightly and take a small whiff. Don't inhale too deeply -- you may sneeze or get powder all over your face.

Curb food cravings with banana or peppermint. You needn't eat a banana -- just smell it (peeled or unpeeled). Or, place two drops of peppermint essential oil on a cotton ball, stick it in a plastic bag and take a whiff -- or try sugar-free peppermint gum or hard candy.

Combat claustrophobia with evergreens. Keep a small vial of evergreen essential oil in your pocket or purse. When in a cramped space (an elevator, a crowd), hold the vial near your nose and inhale two or three times. Repeat every 10 minutes as needed.

Assuage anger with cucumber. Hold a sliced cucumber one-half inch from your face and level with your lips -- inhale deeply, continuing for several minutes. To reduce road rage, use a cucumber-melon air freshener in the car. Avoid: Barbecuing or roasting meat when you're angry -- the scent stirs up fiery feelings that heighten aggression.

Relax and wind down with lavender. Lie down and place a lavender-scented eye pillow over your eyes -- breathe slowly and deeply for several minutes. Avoid: Jasmine, which promotes alertness.

Rev up a man's libido with pumpkin pie or black licorice. Bake a pumpkin pie for maximum effect -- or use a reed diffuser (a stick that wicks the aroma from a bottle of scented oil). On a date: Nibble on black licorice. Noteworthy: Perfume is only 3% effective at arousing a man's romantic feelings -- versus 40% for pumpkin pie and 13% for licorice.

Bottom Line/Women's Health interviewed Alan Hirsch, MD, founder and neurological director of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation and an assistant professor in the departments of neurology and psychiatry at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, both in Chicago. He has conducted more than 200 studies on smell and taste disorders and is the author of eight books, including Life's a Smelling Success (Authors of Unity) and Sensa Weight-Loss Program (Hilton). His Web site is www.smellandtaste.org.

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solar plane

2011-05-16T06:19:00.001-04:00

Solar plane makes 13-hour flight

BRUSSELS (UPI) -- The completely solar-powered Solar Impulse planefinished its first international flight, from Switzerland to Belgium,in about 13 hours, officials said.

CNET.com reported Saturday the plane, its 200-foot wingspan covered bymore than 12,000 solar panels, flew the mission Friday without fueland without producing any pollution.

The plane, piloted by Andre Borschberg, took off from Payerne Airfieldin Switzerland shortly before 9 a.m. Friday and climbed to an altitudeof about 12,500 feet. It landed in Brussels about 9:40 p.m.

The plane relies on energy produced by the sun and stored in specialbatteries to keep it aloft.

The plane first flew in 2009. Its owners plan a cross-Atlantic tripthis year, to be followed by an around-the-world trip in 2013.

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Green roof-great idea

2011-05-11T13:40:00.001-04:00

'Green' roofs seen as pollution help

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Green roofs, planted with vegetation, can be acost-effective way to keep water from running into sewer systems andcausing overflows, U.S. researchers say.

Scientists at Columbia University cite the Con Edison building in LongIsland City, Queens, whose green roof is home to 21,000 plants on aquarter acre that retain 30 percent of the rainwater that falls on theroof, a university release said last week.

The plants then release the water as vapor.

Scientists at Columbia's Center for Climate Systems Research estimateif New York City's 1 billion square feet of roofs were transformedinto green roofs, it would be possible to keep more than 10 billiongallons of water a year out of the city sewer system.

Like other older U.S. urban centers, New York has a combined sewersystem that carries both storm water and wastewater and often reachescapacity during rains and must discharge a mix of storm water andsewage into New York Harbor, the Hudson River, the East River andother waterways.

"The information we are collecting from Con Edison's roofs isinvaluable in helping us determine the costs and benefits of greeninfrastructure projects," Columbia research scientist Stuart Gaffinsaid.

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2011-04-19T12:29:00.001-04:00

New material removes radioactive risk

RALEIGH, N.C. (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they can removeradioactive material from drinking water using a combination of forestbyproducts and crustacean shells.

Scientists at North Carolina State University say a material made froma combination of hemicellulose, a byproduct of forest materials, andchitosan, crustacean shells crushed into a powder, can absorb waterand then extract contaminates such as radioactive iodide from thewater.

"As we're currently seeing in Japan, one of the major health risksposed by nuclear accidents is radioactive iodide that dissolves intodrinking water," North Carolina State forest biomaterials ProfessorJoel Pawlak said.

"Because it is chemically identical to non-radioactive iodide, thehuman body cannot distinguish it -- which is what allows it toaccumulate in the thyroid and eventually lead to cancer.

"The material that we've developed binds iodide in water and traps it,which can then be properly disposed of without risk to humans or theenvironment."

The material, in the form of a solid foam, can also remove heavymetals such as arsenic from water or salt from sea water to make cleandrinking water, the researchers said.

"In disaster situations with limited-to-no power source, desalinatingdrinking water is difficult, if not impossible," Pawlak said. "Thisfoam could be brought along in such situations to clean the waterwithout the need for electricity."

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Why would you build a submarine out of concrete?

2011-04-18T13:01:00.001-04:00

Why would you build a submarine out of concrete?

      Russian submarine designers are building military submarines out ofconcrete. Because concrete becomes stronger under high pressure,"C-subs" could settle down to the bottom in very deep water and waitfor enemy ships to pass overhead. Concrete would not show up on sonardisplays (it looks just like sand or rocks), so the passing shipswould not see the sub lurking below.

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Fwd: [ProActive Rants] wind -positve

2011-04-18T10:31:00.001-04:00

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Manitoba wind farm comes online

ST. JOSEPH, Manitoba (UPI) -- Manitoba's largest energy wind farm has been completed and is in operation to deliver enough energy for 50,000 homes in the province, officials said.

Located in southern Manitoba community of St. Joseph, the facility is capable of generating 138 megawatts of power, a release by Pattern Energy, builder of the project, said Tuesday.

Manitoba Minister of Innovation, Energy and Mines, David Chomiak spoke at the opening ceremony to mark the start of operations.

"This wind farm is one of the largest in the country and will produce enough energy to power 50,000 homes," Chomiak said. "It showcases our province's dedication to creating renewable energy and continuing to build Manitoba Hydro. This project has also provided a solid boost to the local economy creating new opportunities and jobs."

The first group of turbines in the project was set in motion by Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger in January. Now fully operational, the wind farm will contribute to a regional reduction of more than 350,000 tons of greenhouse gases, Pattern said.

Pattern Energy will pay an estimated $38 million to landholders and an additional $44 million in local municipal taxes over the life of the project.

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Bio remediation

2011-04-08T08:38:00.001-04:00

Scientists eye algae for nuclear cleanup

EVANSTON, Ill. (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say common freshwater algaecan remove radioactive strontium from water and could be used to cleanup nuclear waste.

Scientists at Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratorysay Strontium 90 is one of the more dangerous radioactive fissionmaterials created within a nuclear reactor and is present in the 80million gallons of radioactive waste sludge stored in the UnitedStates, a Northwestern release reported Monday.

Strontium 90 has a half-life of about 30 years and is chemically verysimilar to calcium and thus is drawn to bone, creating a high cancerrisk from exposure when strontium is bound in bones for many years.

The researchers say Closterium moniliferum, one of the bright greenalgae often seen in ponds, can sequester strontium in the form ofbarium-strontium-sulfate crystals.

The knowledge could lead to using algae for direct bioremediation ofwaste or accidental spills in the environment, they say.

"Nuclear waste cleanup is a problem we have to solve," seniorresearcher Derk Joester, who experienced Chernobyl's radioactivefallout when he was a teenager living in southern Germany, said.

"Even if all the nuclear reactors were to shut down tomorrow, theexisting volume of waste is great, and it is costly to store.

"We need to isolate highly radioactive 'high-level' waste from'low-level' waste," he said. "The algae offer a mechanism for doingthis, which we would like to understand and optimize."

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food tech

2011-04-05T12:30:00.001-04:00

EU talks on modified foods break down

BRUSSELS (UPI) -- Negotiations in the European Union on "novel foods"broke down on the issue of labeling food products from the offspringof cloned animals, officials said.

Talks on the issue ended Tuesday with EU member states and theEuropean Parliament each blaming the other, EUobserver reported.

Both had agreed on the need to ban all food products from clonedanimals, but failed to reach agreement on the issue of labeling foodproducts from the offspring of cloned animals.

Members of the European Parliament insisted on the need to immediatelycover all products under the additional labeling requirement whilemember states were concerned that onerous new rules would be difficultto enforce.

"Measures regarding clone offspring are absolutely critical becauseclones are commercially viable only for breeding, not directly forfood production," Socialist MEP Gianni Pittella and far-left MEPKartika Liotard said in a joint statement after the talks broke down.

"No farmer would spend 100,000 euros ($141,000) on a cloned bull, onlyto turn it into hamburgers," the two MEPs leading parliament'snegotiating team said.

Meanwhile, the scientist behind the first mammal to be cloned from anadult cell, Dolly the sheep, said cloning for food is hard to justify.

"If you were making cloned animals to make a genetic change to producea protein that could treat human disease, that might be ethicallyacceptable," Ian Wilmut of Edinburgh University said.

"On the other hand, if you were producing more meat, or slightlybetter quality meat, the advantage would not be very great."

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Fwd: Fuel cell breakthrough

2011-04-02T07:47:00.001-04:00

Researchers claim fuel cell breakthrough

CLEVELAND (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've made a breakthrough in the development of low-cost hydrogen fuel cells that one day could power electric cars.

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland say catalysts made of carbon nanotubes dipped in a polymer solution can outperform traditional platinum catalysts in fuel cells at a fraction of the cost.

The scientists say the new technology can remove one of the biggest roadblocks to widespread cell use: the cost of the catalysts.

Platinum, which represents at least a quarter of the cost of fuel cells, currently sells for about $30,000 per pound, while the activated carbon nanotubes cost about $45 per pound, a Case release said Tuesday.

"This is a breakthrough," Liming Dai, a professor of chemical engineering and the research team leader, said.

Soaking carbon nanotubes in a water solution of the polymer for a couple of hours coats the nanotube surface and pulls an electron partially from the carbon, creating a net positive charge, researchers said.

When placed on the cathode of an alkaline fuel cell, the charged material acts as a catalyst for the oxygen-reduction reaction that produces electricity by electrochemically combining hydrogen and oxygen.

In testing, the researchers' carbon catalyst fuel cell produced as much power as an identical cell using a platinum catalyst.

Dai said he's confident his lab can increase the energy output of the new process.

"We have not optimized the system yet," he said.

One widely researched use for such cells would be to produce electricity to power an electric car, using hydrogen and oxygen from the air. The only emission from such a vehicle, researchers say, would be water.

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If you need help with this insight -I am available -chuckle please pass it on

2011-03-25T10:18:00.001-04:00

Money ............ Here are some facts that are true in life
It can buy you a House,
But not a Home.

It can buy you a Bed,
But not Sleep.

It can buy you a Clock,
But not Time.

It can buy you a Book,
But not Knowledge.

It can buy you a Position,
But not Respect.

It can buy you Medicine,
But not Health.

It can buy you Blood,
But not Life.

It can buy you Sex,
But not Love.

So you see, money isn't everything. The best things in life can't be bought, and often we destroy ourselves trying!

I tell you all this because I am your Friend, and as your Friend I want to take away your needless pain and suffering...

So send me all your money and I will suffer for you.

A truer Friend than me you will never find.

CASH ONLY, PLEASE

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future trends - electric car

2011-03-24T09:28:00.001-04:00

Israel's first electric car battery stop

              KIRYAT EKRON, Israel (UPI) -- Israel's Better Place electric carcompany inaugurated its first battery-changing station with plans tobuild 40 more in the coming year.

At the demonstration in Kiryat Ekron Wednesday, a car drove over asliding panel and a robotic arm replaced drained batteries with fullycharged ones in five minutes, Israel's Channel Ten reported.

Charging batteries takes about six hours and provides 185 kilometers(116 miles) of travel but the switch can be made on the run duringlengthy car trips, driver Oved Ladzinsky told The Jerusalem Post.

The computerized system on the dashboard of the car informs the driverwhen the car needs charging, he said.

Moshe Kaplinsky, the company's chief executive officer in Israel saidthe company has also erected 1,000 functional charging spots for carsand thousands more will be created by the end of the year, the papersaid.

"The solution is here. It is ready for national deployment. It ishere, it is working and it is available," Kaplinsky told a newsconference, adding all the environmental and ecological standards havebeen met.

In February, the company opened its first electric vehicledemonstration center in Israel and announced the signing of 92corporate fleet owners as well as a partnership with Israel gasoperators Dor Alon to build battery switch stations at its facilities.

The company plans to introduce cars for commercial launch in Israeland Denmark next year, the company Web site said.

    Copyright 2011 by United Press International

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save on your gas with these tips

2011-03-23T09:27:00.001-04:00

IT DOES SEEM TO MAKE SENSE

TIPS ON PUMPING GAS

I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here
in California we are paying up to $3.75 to $4.10 per gallon. My line of
work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to
get more of your money's worth for every gallon:

Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose , CA
we deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the
pipeline.. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline,
regular and premium grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total
capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.

Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when
the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations
have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the
more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying
in the afternoon or in the evening....your gallon is not exactly a
gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the
temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other
petroleum products plays an important role.

A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business.
But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the
pumps.

When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle
to a fast mode If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3)
stages: low, middle, and high. You should be pumping on low mode,
thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping.
All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the
fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor.
Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage
tank so you're getting less worth for your money.

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank
is HALF FULL. The reason for this is the more gas you have in your tank
the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than
you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof.
This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere,
so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I
work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every
gallon is actually the exact amount.

Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the
storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up; most likely the
gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you
might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.

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What happen to our plan for the bay of fundy?

2011-03-21T10:03:00.001-04:00

Scotland plans largest tidal energy farm

EDINBURGH, Scotland (UPI) -- Scotland says it will develop a tidalenergy farm expected to yield 10 megawatts of electricity, the largesttidal energy project ever undertaken in the world.

The project, looking like an underwater wind farm, will take advantageof steady sea currents that flow through underwater canyon walls inthe sound of Islay off the southwest coast of Scotland, PhysOrg.comreported Friday.

John Swinney, the Scottish finance secretary, said waterways aroundScotland comprise nearly 25 percent of Europe's total tidal resources.

The project will use tidal turbines from Norwegian company HammerfestStorm, which has had them running in an experimental operation inNorway for six years.

The Scottish project is expected to more than double the energycapacity of the existing grid to support more than 5,000 homes andbusinesses.

The tidal farm is expected to cost $65 million and help Scotland meetits stated goal of deriving 80 percent of its energy needs fromrenewable resources by 2020, PhysOrg.com reported.

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Constructive science

2011-03-19T11:11:00.001-04:00

Plastic bottle from plant waste developed

PURCHASE, N.Y. (UPI) -- PepsiCo says it has developed a plastic bottlemade completely of plant materials like switch grass, pine bark andcorn husks instead of petroleum.

In inventing what it calls the world's first plastic bottle createdentirely from plant-based, fully renewable resources, the company saidit had "cracked the code," the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

At the molecular level, the new bottle is identical to existingplastic bottles made with polyethylene terephthalate resin, or PET.

The biggest difference is that making it does not require the use ofpetroleum, utilizing renewable plant materials instead.

The new bottle will be as strong and transparent as current bottles,being the chemical equal to the current PET plastic bottles, saidDenise Lefebvre, senior director of advanced research at PepsiCo.

The breakthrough was finding the correct fermentation process usingplant material, she said.

In making PET, the polyethylene makes up about 30 percent of the totalby weight. That part was already being made out of plant materials;what PepsiCo discovered was how to make the second part of PET, theterephthalate, out of plant waste, the Times reported.

"We've been the one to crack the code on that," Lefebvre said.

Combining the technologies allows for a bottle made entirely fromplants, she said.

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tech breakthrough - Windows Live

2011-03-17T10:07:00.000-04:00

New method extracts oil from tar sands
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've come up with an environmentally friendly way of extracting oil from tar sands, a method that can also help in cleaning oil spills.

Scientists at Penn State say the method uses ionic liquids to separate heavy, viscous oil from sand, a university release reported Wednesday.

Tar sands, also known as bituminous sands or oil sands, represent about two-thirds of the world's estimated oil reserves, but extracting the petroleum causes environmental damage.

Part of that damage comes from contaminated wastewater used in current separation processes, which can seep into and pollute groundwater.

The Penn State separation method uses very little energy and water, the researchers say, instead using ionic liquids -- salt in a liquid state -- that are recycled and reused.

The separation takes place at room temperature without the generation of waste process water, they say.

"Essentially, all of the bitumen is recovered in a very clean form, without any contamination from the ionic liquids," Paul Painter, Penn State professor of polymer said.

"Because the bitumen, solvents and sand/clay mixture separate into three distinct phases, each can be removed separately and the solvent can be reused."

The process can also be used to extract oil and tar from beach sand after oil spills such as the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico last year.

Unlike other methods of cleanup, the Penn State process completely removes the hydrocarbons, and the cleaned sand can be returned to the beach instead of being sent to landfills, the researchers said.

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tech trend -small

2011-03-08T07:01:00.001-05:00

Tiny cube may replace cellphone towers

MURRAY HILL, N.J. (UPI) -- Researchers say unsightly, sky-high,cellphone towers dotting the U.S. landscape may someday be replaced bysomething no bigger than a Rubik's cube.

Dubbed the lightRadio cube, the new device developed by Bell Labs isattracting interest from cellphone carriers around the world, The(Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger reported Wednesday.

Current cellphone antennas must be both large and tall because theyrely on sending signals down and outward like an umbrella. Bell Labssay the lightRadio cube aims cellphone signals more directly, usingfar less power while providing 30 percent more capacity than currentcellphone towers.

Wireless researchers for Bell Labs scattered around the world took upthe challenge of replacing the giant towers with something morecompact, and Bell researchers in Stuttgart, Germany, came up with asolution: three 2-inch, stacked circuit boards for the antenna, radioand network connection that replaces the conventional antenna systemconnecting every cellphone call.

Dozens of mobile carriers across the world have approachedAlcatel-Lucent in Murray Hill, N.J., where Bell Labs is located,asking for demonstrations and trials, said Ken Wirth, president ofAlcatel-Lucent's 4G/LTE wireless networks business.

Five carriers in the United States, Europe and China are enrolled fortrials by the end of this year and the company hopes to begin makingthe devices commercially available within 18 months, he said.

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Change the need and opportunity on food

2011-02-22T07:51:00.001-05:00

Change seen as vital in future agriculture

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- A U.S. scientist says changes in national and
international strategies are needed to help agriculture solve the
world's food problems while reducing pollution.

"Using resources more efficiently is what it will take to put
agriculture on a path to feed the expected future population of 9
billion people," said Nina Fedoroff, Penn State professor of biology
and life sciences.

"We especially need to do a better job using the nutrients, water and
energy needed to produce food," she said.

"We should ask how we can grow food with a minimum of water, maximum
of renewable energy and closest to where people are living," Fedoroff
said at the annual meeting of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science in Washington Friday.

"Meeting the food needs of a still-growing human and domestic animal
population with less water while preserving remaining biodiversity is,
arguably, the most profound challenge of the 21st century," Fedoroff
said.

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Algae in wastewater seen as energy source

2011-02-18T04:45:00.001-05:00

Algae in wastewater seen as energy source

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say algae grown in wastewater could be a promising source of biofuel while cleaning up the wastewater at the same time.

Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology say their project to develop biodiesel from microalgae is doubly "green" because in addition to creating biofuel, the algae consume nitrates and phosphates and reduce bacteria and toxins in the water, an RIT release said Thursday.

Biodiesel from algae could reduce diesel fuel's telltale black puffs of exhaust with cleaner emissions low in the sulfur and particulates that come from fossil fuels, the researchers say.

"Algae -- as a renewable feedstock -- grow a lot quicker than crops of corn or soybeans," RIT researcher Eric Lannan says. "We can start a new batch of algae about every seven days. It's a more continuous source that could offset 50 percent of our total gas use for equipment that uses diesel."

Starting with algae production from 30 gallons of wastewater in a lab at RIT and moving to 100 gallons in a 4-foot-by-7-foot tank, the researchers say they plan to build a mobile greenhouse at a wastewater treatment plant in the spring and scale up production to as much as 1,000 gallons of wastewater.

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smile for those who take life very seriously

2011-02-15T07:59:00.000-05:00

Thoughts For Those Who Take Life Too Seriously

1. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.
2. A day without sunshine is like, night
3. On the other hand, you have different fingers.
4. I just got lost in thought. It wasn't familiar territory.
5. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
6. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
7. I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
8. Honk if you love peace and quiet.
9. Remember, half the people you know are below average.
10. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
11. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
12. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.
13 I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.
14. Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have.
15. Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your week.
16. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
17. Save the whales. Collect the whole set.
18. Get a new car for your spouse. It'll be a great trade!
19. Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.
20. Always try to be modest, and be proud of it!
21. If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.
22. How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand...
23. OK, so what's the speed of dark?
24. How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?
25. If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
26. When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
27. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
28. Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.
29. If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
30. How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?
31. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
32. What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
33. I used to have an open mind but my brains kept falling out.
34. I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.
35. Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?
36. Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened.
37 Just remember - if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.
38. Light travels faster than sound. That is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

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Samsung deal unravels - Brantford Expositor - Ontario, CA#postbox

2011-01-29T17:06:00.000-05:00

Samsung deal unravels - Brantford Expositor - Ontario, CA#postbox

Opportunity to do green energy returns to Six Nations ?

Conventional vs green energy debate heats up -interesting points of view

2011-01-26T04:59:00.001-05:00

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Food safety breakthrough idea? interesting

2011-01-25T10:08:00.001-05:00

'Killer' paper could improve food safety
RAMAT-GAN, Israel (UPI) -- Israeli scientists say they've tested a "killer paper" packaging material with silver nanoparticles to preserve foods by combating bacteria that cause spoilage.

Aharon Gedanken and colleagues at Bar-Ilan University have been exploring the use of silver nanoparticles -- each 1/50,000 the width of a human hair -- as germ-fighting coatings for plastics, fabrics and metals, an American Chemical Society release said Wednesday.

The researchers say nanoparticles, which have a longer-lasting effect than larger silver particles, could help overcome the growing problem of antibiotic resistance as bacteria develop the ability to shrug off existing antibiotics.

Paper coated with silver nanoparticles could provide an alternative to common food preservation methods such as radiation, heat treatment and low-temperature storage, they say.

Paper treated with the nanoparticles demonstrated potent antibacterial activity against E. coli and S. aureus, two causes of bacterial food poisoning, killing all of the bacteria in 3 hours, the researchers found.

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Re: FW: Natural Gas Can Supply World For 250 Years, Says IEA

2011-01-24T11:28:00.001-05:00

Conventional fuels read -interesting natural gas supply world for 250 years (China) and if price decoupled from oil .....

CCNet – 20 January 2010

The Climate Policy Network

Natural Gas Can Supply World For 250 Years, Says IEA

Supplies of natural gas could last more than 250 years if Asian and European economies follow the U.S. unconventional reserves, the International Energy Agency said. --United Press International, 19 January 2011

I have been studying the energy markets for 30 years, and I am convinced that shale gas will revolutionize the industry—and change the world—in the coming decades. It will prevent the rise of any new cartels. It will alter geopolitics. And it will slow the transition to renewable energy. –Amy Myers Jaffe, The Wall Street Journal, 10 May 2010

Chinese geologists have detected "super-thick" oil and gas-bearing stratums (sic) in the northern part of the South China Sea and identified 38 offshore oil and gas-bearing basins, a senior official said on Saturday. Wang Min, vice-minister of land and resources, said thanks to the efforts of the geologists, new resources detected in the past 10 years accounted for about half of all resources found in the past half century, and the amount of new resources found each year has surpassed their annual consumption. – China Daily, 19 January 2011

It is virtually impossible for the world to keep within the CO2 limits defined as safe for the climate, according to the chief economist of the International Energy Agency think tank. Dr Fatih Birol told an audience in London that key nations were not prepared to take the steps necessary to cut carbon growth. He also warned that efforts to tackle climate change through renewable energy were under threat from the world revolution in unconventional gas sources. --Roger Harrabin, BBC News, 19 January 2011

Researchers at the Tyndall Centre at the University of Manchester claim to have demonstrated how the extraction of shale gas risks seriously contaminating ground and surface waters – without providing any scientific evidence to back their claim. --The Engineer, 18 January 2011

1) Natural Gas Can Supply World For 250 Years, Says IEA - United Press International, 19 January 2011

2) China Is Swimming In New Oil And Gas - China Daily, 19 January 2011

3) Emission Impossible: Is It All Over For Climate Alarmism? - BBC News, 19 January 2011

4) Bill Gates Jumps Into Oil Exploration; Brazil's Reserves to Double? - Al Fin Energy 19 January 2011

5) UK Shale-Gas Report Lacks Scientific Evidence - The Engineer, 18 January 2011

6) Shale Gas Will Rock the World: October Natural Gas Production Sets Another New All-Time Record - Carpe Diem, 19 January 2011

1) Natural Gas Can Supply World For 250 Years, Says IEA

United Press International, 19 January 2011

Supplies of natural gas could last more than 250 years if Asian and European economies follow the U.S. unconventional reserves, the IEA said.

The abundance of shale gas and other forms of so-called unconventional gas discovered in the United States prompted a global rush to explore for the new resource.

The International Energy Agency said Australia is taking the lead in the push toward unconventional gas, though China, India and Indonesia are close behind. European companies are taking preliminary steps to unlock unconventional gas as are other regions.

"Production of 'unconventional' gas in the U.S. has rocketed in the past few years, going beyond even the most optimistic forecasts," said Anne-Sophie Corbeau, a gas analyst at the IEA. "It is no wonder that its success has sparked such international interest."

Shale gas production in the United States is booming and the IEA estimates that unconventional gas makes up around 12 percent of the global supply.

Global supplies of natural gas could last for another 130 years at current consumption rates. That time frame could double with unconventional gas, the IEA said.

"Despite the many uncertainties associated with production, countries are still prepared to take risks and invest time and money in exploration and production, because of the potential long-term benefits," Corbeau said.

UPI, 19 January 2011

2) China Is Swimming In New Oil And Gas

China Daily, 19 January 2011

Chinese geologists have detected "super-thick" oil and gas-bearing stratums (sic) in the northern part of the South China Sea and identified 38 offshore oil and gas-bearing basins, a senior official said on Saturday.

The outskirts of Songliao Basin in Northeast China, Yin'e Basin in North China and Qiangtang Basin on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau have also been found to have rich oil and gas resources, Wang Min, vice-minister of land and resources, said at a national conference in Beijing.

In addition, 192.7 billion tons of coal resources have been found in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and four 10,000-ton sandstone-type uranium mines have been located in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, he said.

Wang said these latest discoveries, particularly those at sea, have given direction for China's future resource exploration.

Conducting more geological inspections at the above regions has been set as one of the ministry's major working tasks this year.

Comprehensive geological and environmental inspections will be conducted at key offshore areas such as the southern region of Yellow Sea, the northern part of the South China Sea, East China's Liaodong Bay and regions near South China's Hainan Island, according to the ministry.

Wang said the country has also made a breakthrough in locating new energy resources. Natural gas hydrate has been found for the first time in the northern region of the South China Sea and frozen-soil areas at Qilian Mountain.

And a 2.46-million-ton lithium carbonate mine has been located in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, which will reduce the cost of lithium production and help with the country's new energy industry.

Due to China's rapid economic growth in the past 10 years, the country's energy consumption has been growing rapidly and become more dependent on imports.

Right now, China has become the biggest consumer of coal, steel, alumina, copper and cement.

More than half of the country's petroleum and iron consumption, about 70 percent of its copper consumption and 64 percent of sylvite consumption now rely on imports, according to figures released by the Ministry of Land and Recourses on Saturday.

Wang said thanks to the efforts of the geologists, new resources detected in the past 10 years accounted for about half of all resources found in the past half century, and the amount of new resources found each year has surpassed their annual consumption.

Full story

3) Emission Impossible: Is It All Over For Climate Alarmism?

BBC News, 19 January 2011

Roger Harrabin

It is virtually impossible for the world to keep within the CO2 limits defined as safe for the climate, according to the chief economist of the International Energy Agency think tank. Dr Fatih Birol told an audience in London that key nations were not prepared to take the steps necessary to cut carbon growth.

He also applauded the UK's high fuel taxes, and warned that the shale gas revolution would put pressure on the development of renewable energy sources worldwide.

But it was his comments on climate change that seemed to cause the biggest buzz among the audience that packed a huge lecture theatre at Imperial College London.

The world's governments at the recent climate conference in Cancun agreed that greenhouse gases should be kept within the limit associated by scientists with a 2C temperature rise.

But as progress in cutting emissions has crawled along in recent years that public position has looked like an increasingly unrealistic facade.

And there appeared widespread relief that Dr Birol said the unsayable - that peaking emissions by 2020 was virtually impossible, and that in those circumstances we could "kiss goodbye" to the 2C target.

"We would need to double decarbonisation efforts, then double them again to keep emissions (of CO2 and equivalent gases) within 450 parts per million," he said. "The bulk of the effort needs to take place in countries where climate change is not high on the policy agenda. We have to be realistic."

Blame game

Dr Birol referred to the debate in Europe as to whether the EU would cut emissions by 20% or 30% by 2020 against 1990 levels. The difference between these two targets, he said, was equivalent to just two weeks of China's emissions.

He said the West could not blame China because per capita emissions and car ownership there were still comparatively very low and he urged the UK and EU continue with "climate leadership".

Dr Birol also warned that efforts to tackle climate change through renewable energy were under threat from the world revolution in unconventional gas sources. He said the shale gas boom in the US has already led to a gas rush which had contributed to a 50% drop in investment in renewable energy.

And the US boom, he said, had a knock-on global effect. The fact that the US has suddenly found that it is independent in gas supplies means it doesn't have to import gas.

That means the nations gearing up to sell gas to the US have to find other markets, which is forcing down prices.

"There's suddenly much more gas available in the world than previously thought," he told BBC News.

"It's cheaper than it was and the supply is more assured. And it's only half as polluting as coal. There will be strong debates between energy and climate and finance ministries round the world about whether investment should continue to support renewables when the situation on gas has so radically changed."

This debate hasn't started in earnest in the UK but it surely will. Firms like Shell are already bidding to get carbon capture and storage on gas fired power stations treated to the same subsidies bestowed on renewables.

Ministers will be asked to explain why we should invest in expensive intermittent wind power if gas with the carbon captured can supply energy more reliably and possibly more cheaply.

End of an era

And the gas price may go cheaper still if purchasing nations succeed in de-coupling gas price rises from oil prices, in the way they have in the US

Full story

4) Bill Gates Jumps Into Oil Exploration; Brazil's Reserves to Double?

Al Fin Energy 19 January 2011

Bill Gates has read the tea leaves, and thinks that there is money in advanced oil exploration technologies.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is tossing his financial support behind a Houston company which hopes to utilize detailed analytics and measurement technologies to take some of the guesswork out of onshore oil and gas exploration. NEOS GeoSolutions -- whose investors include the legendary venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and investment bank Goldman Sachs -- today announced a $60 million investment from Gates and others.

The company touts itself as a "geosciences company where Silicon Valley meets the oil patch," and Gates' involvement certainly adds some big-name technology credentials to the mix. According to the company's Web site, NEOS can can help oil, gas and mining companies more efficiently explore the Earth's subsurface.

We do this by integrating a broad range of geological and geophysical (G&G) data – including data available in the public domain, owned by our clients, or acquired using proprietary NEOS platforms – to produce a highly constrained 3D model of the subsurface. By applying the latest geostatistical techniques, we help our clients determine which portions of a basin might be the most prospective and, at the lease level, what areas are most likely to contain commercial quantities of hydrocarbons or minerals. --TechFlash

Brazil's oil reserves may be set to double in extent:

Brazilian oil deposits below a layer of salt in the Atlantic Ocean hold at least 123 billion barrels of reserves, more than double government estimates, according to a university study by a former Petroleo Brasileiro SA geologist. The research, which set out to show government figures were overly optimistic, found they underestimated the area's potential, said Hernani Chaves, a professor at the Rio de Janeiro State University who worked at Petrobras for 35 years. The forecast, which the study puts at a 90 percent probability, compares with 50 billion barrels estimated by Brazil's oil regulator, known as ANP. "We started with a skeptical view and finished with bigger numbers," --Bloomberg

Coal to rival oil in energy production by 2030

Green coal may come to India within 2 years

GE to assist Shenhua in providing clean coal technology to China

Renewables bubble bursting in Spain and France. German and Scandinavian power grid managers are not very happy about the renewables bubble either.

The world is floating in hydrocarbon energy resources. Humans in developed societies must choose between the lefty-Luddite dieoff.orgiast philosophy -- as promoted by Obama's merry band of energy starvationists -- or a cleaner and more abundant future of limitless resources released by the unbound human mind.

Al Fin Energy 19 January 2011

5) UK Shale-Gas Report Lacks Scientific Evidence

The Engineer, 18 January 2011

Researchers at the Tyndall Centre at the University of Manchester claim to have demonstrated how the extraction of shale gas risks seriously contaminating ground and surface waters – without providing any scientific evidence to back their claim.

Working on behalf of the Co-operative, the researchers investigated the environmental and climate change impacts of shale gas – a new fossil fuel resource already developed in the US and being considered for imminent extraction and use in the UK.

Despite massive expansion of the US shale gas industry over recent years, there is little reliable data on groundwater contamination caused by hydraulic fracturing ('fracking') – drilling a well 1.5-6km below the surface and pumping a mixture of water, sand and chemicals into the shale at pressures up to 100MPa.

The Co-op-backed report pointed out that a Environmental Protection Agency was due to report the findings of a $2m study on the issue later this year. It also noted that there had been moves to tighten regulations by New York State, as well as anecdotal evidence of harmful chemical reaching water supplies.

Calling for a moratorium on shale gas development, the study said: "Information on health and environmental aspects is of variable quality and only now is there any systematic effort being undertaken to better understand these issues."

However, rather than present any evidence on the health risks associated with shale gas extraction, most of the researchers' case against shale gas focused on climate-change arguments.

Prof Kevin Anderson at the Tyndall Centre and the University of Manchester, commenting: "Any new fossil fuel resource will only lead to additional carbon emissions. In the case of shale gas there is also a significant risk its use will delay the introduction of renewable energy alternatives."

One of the companies mentioned in the report, IGas Energy is developing its coal bed methane (CBM) resources. The company also has some shale gas acreage in its licence areas, but has no immediate plans to develop it at present.

CBM is extracted by a completely different process to shale gas and doesn't involve the same complicated fracturing techniques and mix of chemicals as shale gas extraction.

"Shale - like CBM and indeed all other forms gas production - is subject to the UK regulatory regime which is one of the strictest in the world, and certainly is more rigorous than that in the US," said an IGas spokesman.

The risks from all gas production need to be identified and mitigated to the satisfaction of the HSE and, where appropriate, various environmental agencies and local planning permission, IGas also emphasised.

"Shale gas does not emit much more carbon in its production and use than conventional gas and could potentially make a significant contribution to the UK's energy resources and increase its security of supply, and the regulatory regime is in place to make sure that environmental concerns are addressed," said the spokesman.

Likewise, a Department of Energy and Climate Change spokesman said: 'We support the industry's endeavours in pursuing such energy sources, provided that tapping of such resources proves to be economically, commercially and environmentally viable.

'All onshore oil and gas projects, including shale gas exploration and development, are subject to a series of checks, including local planning permission before they are able to move ahead with drilling activities.'

The Engineer, 18 January 2011

6) Shale Gas Will Rock the World: October Natural Gas Production Sets Another New All-Time Record

Carpe Diem, 19 January 2011

According to data from the EIA, more natural gas produced was produced in October - 2,330,551 million cubic feet - than in any previous month in U.S. history (see chart above). I couldn't find this reported elsewhere, so I'm claiming this as a "Carpe Diem exclusive"!

As John Tierney reported recently in the New York Times:

"The really good news is the discovery of vast quantities of natural gas. It's now selling for less than half of what it was five years ago. There's so much available that the Energy Department is predicting low prices for gas and electricity for the next quarter-century."

As the EIA reported in December:

"Domestic proved reserves of oil and natural gas increased significantly in 2009. U.S. natural gas proved reserves increased by 11 percent in 2009 to 284 trillion cubic feet. This is their highest level since 1971, despite an approximate one-third decline in the prices used to assess economic viability for 2009 reserves as compared to the prices used in 2008. U.S. crude oil plus lease condensate proved reserves rose 9 percent to 22.3 billion barrels in 2009, regaining 1.8 billion barrels of the 2.3 billion barrel decline in 2008. These increases demonstrate the possibility of an expanding role for domestic natural gas and crude oil in meeting both current and projected U.S. energy demands."

As Amy Myers Jaffe wrote in the Wall Street Journal:

"We've always known the potential of shale; we just didn't have the technology to get to it at a low enough cost. Now new techniques have driven down the price tag—and set the stage for shale gas to become what will be the game-changing resource of the decade.

I have been studying the energy markets for 30 years, and I am convinced that shale gas will revolutionize the industry—and change the world—in the coming decades. It will prevent the rise of any new cartels. It will alter geopolitics. And it will slow the transition to renewable energy."

The Global Warming Policy Foundation, 1 Carlton House, London SW1Y 5DB

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Ikea goes solar?

2011-01-24T10:30:00.001-05:00

Calif. Ikea store to go to solar power
COSTA MESA, Calif. (UPI) -- Home furnishings giant Ikea says it will light one of its Southern California stores using solar panels if the city of Costa Mesa, Calif., approves.

Khanh Nguyen, a Costa Mesa building official , said the Swedish chain applied last week for a permit with the city to install solar panels on the roof of its South Coast Drive store, the Costa Mesa Daily Pilot reported.

The 1,120 panels the store says it will need to install are expected to generate 250 kilowatts, enough to light up 2,500 regular light bulbs, said Nguyen.

The company will be installing the panels at seven of its eight stores in California and at one warehouse, Ikea spokesman Joseph Roth said.

"We've been following solar energy technology as it's been advancing, and now we concluded that it's definitely feasible for us to efficiently and effectively implement the solar-energy programs at certain stores," he said.

"It's a very significant investment," Roth said. "But we have concluded that it's definitely very cost-effective for us from a financial standpoint and it reinforces our commitment to the environment."

Once approved, Ikea's solar panels will be Costa Mesa's largest commercial photovoltaic rooftop system, Nguyen said.

"The city has always been green," Nguyen said. "We want residents to save energy. We want residents to use renewable energy as much as possible. It's clean energy."

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2011-01-24T10:22:00.001-05:00

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21st January, 2011

Updated Comprehensive Oilgae Report

The Comprehensive Oilgae Report is the most detailed intelligence report for the algae fuel industry. Compiled by a team of researchers over a two year period, it comprises the collective intelligence of over 100 experts, scientists and investors belonging to the algae fuel sector.

The report has been updated in November and now comprises the latest data and insights that will be invaluable for those keen on exploring the algae fuel opportunities. The report also comes with free additional research support from the Oilgae team and access to the subsequent three updates at no additional cost.

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From our blog - Read the latest from the Oilgae Blog on what transpired in the algae energy world last one week

Photon8 Aims @ $1.25 /Gallon Algae Fuels Using Photobioreactors - Photon8 Aims @ $1.25 /Gallon Algae Fuels Using Photobioreactors - Photon8, a Texas based algae fuel company claims that they have devised a business model which would be produce biodiesel at $1.25 per US gallon.

Photon8 grow their algae in closed systems – photobioreactor with a production rate equal to 1.5 gal/square meter/year. They expect to produce 22,000 gal per 2.5 acre/yr then to best economic units of 5 acres.

A New Algae Fuel Venture in Australia - A new algae fuel company by name – Muradel Pty has joined the algae fuel race. This company is a joint venture between Murdoch University, Adelaide Research and SQC Pty.

This company has been started to make algae fuels a reality in Australia taking into the advantage the climatic conditions of Australia. The company plans to produce algae for renewable fuel and co-products from biomass.

Origin Oil Enters into a OEM Partnership with Desmet Ballestra - Origin Oil will work with OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) to integrate its extraction technology into their branded systems.

The OEM category includes manufacturers, distributors, engineering service firms, system integrators and also specialty operators in high-value market such as nutritionals and beauty products. For this venture, the company will be backed by its few strategic partners to help prove and scale the company's extraction technology. Ricks Eckeleberry says that they now plan to embed their technology into the industrial algae systems that others build.

New Algae Harvesting Technique from Innova Tech - Algae fuels commercialization faces challenges in every part of the value chain. Starting from strain selection to product extraction there are biological and engineering breakthroughs which are required to make algae fuels a reality. With respect to harvesting, the main issue is the energy required to remove the algae cells from the liquid media. A company by name Innova Tech have brought about a new method to efficiently separate algae particles from the liquid medium.

Some more interesting algae and algae-fuel related news from around the world and from the Oilgae Club

Hybrid algae to ethanol - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to authorize the expenditure of up to $18 million in cost-shared federal funding to support the final design, construction, and start-up of a pilot-scale Direct to Ethanol® integrated biorefinery (hereafter referred to as biorefinery or proposed project).

Algae Venture's Harvesting System - Algae biodiesel could soon be at par with oil in terms of price if given adequate tax benefits. The Head of the Algal Biomass Organization predicts that this would happen in the next seven years. The big hurdle for the industry is strain identification. This would not be a problem given the rapid advances in genetic and molecular screening techniques.

Algae. Tec set to make debu - Algae Tec, a company that uses algae to produce biofuels and store carbon dioxide will make its debut on the stock exchange today after raising $5.1 million from investors.

An Australian company with plans to make the nation the "Saudi of the biofuel industry" is taking part in Austrade's G'Day USA to further its goal. Muradel, a joint venture between Murdoch University, the University of Adelaide and SQC, had representatives in San Diego yesterday. San Diego is a global hotspot for algae biofuels.

How Much Energy Does It Take to Get Our Energy?

2011-01-21T14:06:00.001-05:00

Green energy ponder

Useful benchmark tool for green energy - climbing the economic wall on green

How Much Energy Does It Take to Get Our Energy?

Energy return on investment is a concept that explores the efficiency of various energy sources.

It helps us determine which renewable fuels produce the most net energy given our current technology, and — perhaps most interesting of all

— it also shows us why energy prices are relentlessly climbing and will continue to do so.

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Why we need nitpickers again

2011-01-21T09:29:00.001-05:00

Bedbugs evolving to defeat insecticides
NEW YORK (UPI) -- A genetic study of bedbugs, whose numbers have recently exploded, suggests they are evolving to withstand pesticides used against them, U.S. scientists say.

Entomologists at Ohio State University say bedbugs may have boosted their natural defenses by generating higher levels of enzymes that can cleanse them of poisons, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst have found that bedbugs in New York are 250 times more resistant to the standard pesticide than bedbugs in Florida, because of changes in a gene controlling the resilience of the nerve cells targeted by the insecticide.

Laboratory tests in the United States, Europe and Africa show bedbugs can survive pesticide doses 1,000 times greater than the lethal level of 10 years ago.

"There is a phenomenal level of resistance," said bedbug entomologist Michael Siva-Jothy at Britain's University of Sheffield. "It has evolved very recently."

Repeated applications of insecticides act as a form of natural selection for bedbugs, as any surviving insects pass on resistant traits to their offspring and to succeeding generations.

"Insect resistance is nothing more than sped-up evolution," said insect toxicologist John Clark, who led the research team at the University of Massachusetts.

"We have changed the genetic make-up of the bedbugs we have in the United States," said urban pest-management specialist Dini Miller at Virginia Tech. "That's what I call unnatural selection."

Fwd: Oilgae - Latest Updates from Algae Fuels

2011-01-20T12:00:00.001-05:00

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18th January, 2011

Updated Comprehensive Oilgae Report

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Latest Updates

Read the latest from the Oilgae Blog and from news updates around the world on what transpired in the algae energy world

Innova Tech Develops a Algae Harvesting Technology- Nova Filter

Algae fuels commercialization faces challenges in every part of the value chain. Starting from strain selection to product extraction there are biological and engineering breakthroughs which are required to make algae fuels a reality.

With respect to harvesting, the main issue is the energy required to remove the algae cells from the liquid media. A company by name Innova Tech have brought about a new method to efficiently separates algae particles from the liquid medium.

Phyco's Super Trough System Receives Equity Investment

In China, China Biological Engineering (CBEL) of Hong Kong is initially investing $5 million in Phyco BioSciences for project development.

CBEL is developing projects in the Peoples Republic of China beginning with a joint venture project that is utilizing Phyco's super trough production and harvest platform and plans rapid expansion of algae biomass projects in the PRC.

GNE – Algae to Fuel Project in India

GNE-India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Florida based, World Health Energy Holdings and GNE Global Natural Energy Ltd. is an algae tech company with unique systems to grow algae commercially for energy and food

This company has now signed a letter of intent with David Lobo from Deejay Coconut Farm PVT via a joint venture to build a 250-acre commercial algae farm in Bangalore, India to produce fish feed and algal oil.

DOE Issues RFI for Advanced Algae Fuel Research

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking input from industry, academia, and other biofuels stakeholders regarding supply systems and services for the production, handling, storage, transport and delivery of algae via a new Request for Information (RFI)

DOE may use the information in support of program planning and may determine to issue a formal Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for this area.

Algae as a Source of Low-Radiocarbon Protein

Most people are unaware that every type of food we currently eat is measurably contaminated with a particular radioactive material from the air known as carbon-14, or radiocarbon. These radioactive atoms get permanently incorporated into the DNA of every child's body and brain cells as they grow up, and will cause tens of billions of genetic damage events in every person over their lifetime. This genetic damage may be an important factor in cancer and the aging process.

But the carbon dioxide obtained from burning fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas at power plants, or from limestone in cement manufacturing, is virtually free of radiocarbon. It can be used to grow algae for making safer, less radioactive foods.

Algae.Tec Set to Make Debut

Algae.tec (http://www.algaetec.com.au/) has signed a MoU with Manildra, an ethanol producer to try out an algae-production plant at Nowra, Australia. The company hopes to begin production by 2012. The plant will use an enclosed algae production method, enabling lower water and land consumption, said Roger Stroud, Algae.tec's executive chairman.

Hybrid Algae to Ethanol !!

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to authorize the expenditure of up to $18 million in cost-shared federal funding to support the final design, construction, and start-up of a pilot-scale Direct to Ethanol® integrated biorefinery (hereafter referred to as biorefinery or proposed project).

Top 11 Algae Market Trends for 2011

(1) Emerging markets growth
US and EU-based algae producers and licensors of technology are increasingly looking to the Emerging Markets in Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East for faster economic growth, increasing market demand, and more supportive government and regulatory climates for accelerated commercial growth. This follows a key trend by Shell and BP investing $12 and $8 billion respectively in sugar-based conglomerates in Brazil to produce ethanol, bio-butanol, drop-in fuels, and bio-based chemical products.

Oilgae Report Academic Edition

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2011-01-20T09:40:00.001-05:00

What about Canada - tidal resources - Maratimes?

India state to be site of tidal power farm
NEW DELHI (UPI) -- The Indian state of Gujurat says it will host Asia's first commercial-scale tidal power station, starting construction of a 50-megawatt facility in 2012.

The tidal farm will be constructed in the Gulf of Kutch on India's west coast. It could eventually be expanded to deliver more than 200 megawatts of electricity, the BBC reported Tuesday.

The largest operating tidal station in the world, La Rance in France, generates 240 megawatts, the BBC said.

To take the title of "Asia's first", the Indian project will have to beat developments at South Korea's Sihwa Lake, a tidal array under construction on that country's west coast.

The tidal plant will be built by a British company, Atlantis Resources, which says Gujurat has good potential for tidal exploitation.

"About 2 1/2 years ago we ran a global study of tidal power resources and came up with some hot spots where resource seemed pretty well matched to load," Atlantis Chief Executive Officer Tim Cornelius said.

"One of them was the Gulf of Kutch -- and since then we've had wonderful support from the government, culminating in the announcement that the project was going ahead," he told BBC News.

The cost of the initial 50-megawatt farm is estimated at about $150 million.

Material makes electricity from waste heat
EVANSTON, Ill. (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've found a material that can generate electricity from the waste heat of car exhaust systems or industrial processes and equipment.

Researchers at Northwestern University placed nanocrystals of rock salt into lead telluride to create a material that is expected to be able to convert 14 percent of heat waste to electricity, a university release said Tuesday.

"It has been known for 100 years that semiconductors have this property that can harness electricity," chemistry Professor Mercouri Kanatzidis said. "To make this an efficient process, all you need is the right material, and we have found a recipe or system to make this material."

"We can put this material inside of an inexpensive device with a few electrical wires and attach it to something like a light bulb," said Vinayak Dravid, professor of materials science and engineering and co-author of the paper. "The device can make the light bulb more efficient by taking the heat it generates and converting part of the heat, 10 to 15 percent, into a more useful energy like electricity."

Automotive, chemical, brick, glass and other industries that use heat to make products could make their systems more efficient with the use of this scientific discovery, Kanatzidis said.

Algae Fuels – Are You Upto the Challenge?

2011-01-11T09:57:00.001-05:00

here is a worthy cause of action by doers -get involed in solutions

10th January, 2011

Algae Fuels – Are You Upto the Challenge?

Hi all,

This is the second note I am sending within a week for the team being
formed for an ambitious algae fuel project (see my earlier note from
here - http://www.oilgae.com/mlist/archives/6_jan_2011.html ). This is
undertaken by one of India's most prestigious companies with a history
of overcoming daunting challenges. Oilgae is assisting the company in
putting together a world class team that can come up with breakthrough
ideas to make algae fuels a reality.

The project will be predominantly based out of India, so you should be
willing to relocate and work in India, or at least be based out of
India part of the time.

After I sent the earlier note, I had a number of enquiries in which I
was specifically asked about the type of research that needs be
undertaken. I felt I could answer many of these queries by providing
details of the analysis Oilgae had done on the various challenges.

These challenges will give you an idea of the types of expertise that
our client is looking for in their ideal team.

Challenges and Required Expertise

Challenges outlined are as follows:

Strain Selection
Producing and Maintaining High Yields
CO2 Capture at Power Plants and Transportation to Ponds/PBRs
Overcoming Contamination in Open Cultivation Systems
Enhancing the Algal CO2 Capture %
Photobioreactor Design
Harvesting and Drying
Conversion of Algae Oil to Biodiesel
Energy Consumption

Strain Selection – The most important oil-bearing algae strains have
been researched for over two decades. While some of these strains do
present attractive potential, scientists are yet to zoom into one
strain or a small set of strains that will have all the desired
traits. In this context, opinion is divided on the best way to go
forward - natural strains or genetically modified strains. In order to
find solutions for the key challenges present in this stage, we feel
that one or more of the following experts will be required: Algal
biologists, Botanists, Marine biologists, Genetic engineers/molecular
biologists

Producing and Maintaining High Yields – Literature and a few pilot
programs suggest that algae can produce yields of up to 100 T of dry
biomass per hectare per year and about 30 T oil, even under open
cultivation systems. On the other hand, rarely have these numbers been
achieved in reality. What are the key factors that really hold back
the actual potential of algae in this regard? How can we overcome
these? In order to find answers for these, professionals who are
specifically focusing on algae metabolism and related aspects will be
required.

CO2 Capture at Power Plants and Transportation to Ponds/PBRs – A
concentrated CO2 source is critical for algal growth. By using large
quantities of CO2 emitted from power plants for this, we also tackle
the problem of climate change and global warming. However, there are
many challenges for CO2 capture, transportation and distribution to
ponds or photobioreactors. We feel that innovative experts/researchers
in chemical and process engineering will be a useful addition to the
team in this context.

Overcoming Contamination in Open Cultivation Systems – While open
ponds are more economical than closed and controlled systems such as
photobioreactors, they have significantly higher disturbances from the
external environment, the chief among these being contamination.
Overcoming the contamination and related challenges will require the
expertise of botanists and aquaculture specialists.

Enhancing the Algal CO2 Capture % – With high yields and at
approximately 1.8 T of CO2 capture per T of algae biomass, algae is a
serious candidate in our fight against global warming. However, in the
real world, less than 50% of the CO2 delivered to the open pond
systems is captured by the algae, owing to a variety of factors. How
can this rate be increased substantially? What innovative ideas from
biologists and engineers could achieve this? For answers to these,
research will be required in the domains of algal metabolism and plant
biotechnology.

Photobioreactor Design – Photobioreactors can result in up to 3X
productivity increases – even the critics agree to this. But
photobioreactors are prohibitively expensive today both in their
capital and operating costs, owing primarily to equipments such as
pumps, degassers and lighting and sensor systems. Are there creative
ways by which photobioreactor costs could be brought down by an order
of magnitude? Engineers with backgrounds in innovative systems design
and bioprocess systems could come in handy for this.

Harvesting and Drying – Harvesting algae, especially microalgae, is no
joke – it takes large external energy inputs. Dewatering and drying
pose similar challenges. Traditional methods to harvest and dry
microalgae will not make the cut. Disruptive concepts and innovations
that can make harvesting and drying effective and economical need to
conceptualized by professionals such as cellular physiologists,
biologists & system engineers.

Conversion of Algae Oil to Biodiesel: Algal oil has not been used on a
large scale so far to produce biodiesel. As a result, the lipid
chemistry in the context of conversion to fuel is not well understood.
In addition, oil from different algae strains could vary significantly
in their chemistry and these could pose specific challenges – for
instance, high amounts of Free Fatty Acids (FFA) in oil from specific
strains could create problems during transesterification. The team
will require innovative chemical engineers to find suitable solutions
to these challenges.

Energy Consumption – There is a need to reduce energy consumption at
every stage of the algae-to-fuel value chain, whether the option is
open pond or photobioreactors. For instance, paddle wheels for open
ponds and control systems for photobioreactors are electricity
guzzlers. How can we use our existing knowledge of algae metabolism,
physics and an intimate knowledge of nature to reduce energy
consumption without affecting algae yield? Solving this puzzle will
require combined efforts from creative engineers, physicists as well
as maverick thinkers.

The Ideal Team

We are assisting our client in getting together a team comprising
best-of-breed experts to tackle all the above discussed challenges.

The challenges can be broadly classified into biological and
engineering challenges. Thus, two specific types of researchers are
required – those excited about bringing about biological breakthroughs
and others who are passionate about coming up with novel ideas to
solve to intractable engineering problems. Beyond these, a can-do
attitude is required in order to succeed in this highly challenging
domain.

If you feel you have the potential to come up with breakthrough ideas
and can be a key contributor to this exciting research venture, this
is an opportunity you shouldn't miss.

Interested? Send your profile and related details to Sumukhi
Sreevatsan - s.sreevatsan@oilgae.com

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Updated Comprehensive Oilgae Report

The Comprehensive Oilgae Report is the most detailed intelligence
report for the algae fuel industry. Compiled by a team of researchers
over a two year period, it comprises the collective intelligence of
over 100 experts, scientists and investors belonging to the algae fuel
sector.

The report has been updated in November and now comprises the latest
data and insights that will be invaluable for those keen on exploring
the algae fuel opportunities. The report also comes with free
additional research support from the Oilgae team and access to the
subsequent three updates at no additional cost.

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Interesting idea -invisible

2011-01-11T09:45:00.001-05:00

British company developing invisible tanks

LONDON (UPI) -- British military scientists say they're working to
develop an army of invisible tanks ready for use on the battlefield
within five years.

The armored vehicles will use a technology known as "e-camouflage"
that would let images on the vehicle's hull change to match their
environment, The Sunday Telegraph reported.

Sophisticated electronic sensors attached the tank's hull would
project images of the surrounding environment back on the outside of
the vehicle, helping it blend into the landscape and evade attack, the
report said.

Until recently such ideas were thought to be the stuff of science
fiction, but scientists at the British defense company BAE Systems now
think near invisibility will soon become reality.

BAE scientists are also looking at other battlefield innovations to
increase troop protection while making vehicles more lethal.

Scientists at BAE are said to be close to developing a form of
transparent armor -- much tougher than bullet-proof glass -- which
could be used in turrets on the sides of armored vehicles to improve
visibility.

A technology called "biometric integration" uses advanced computer
programs to analyze crowds and search for potential threats by
analyzing suspicious behavior in groups or individuals, the newspaper
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Efficient light saves money

2011-01-10T09:24:00.001-05:00

Calif. leads way in energy-efficient bulbs

Results count "California energy standards on everything from appliances to home-building requirements have kept "per-capita electricity use in California absolutely flat for 32 years while the rest of the nation has seen a 40 percent increase during that time," he said"

SACRAMENTO (UPI) -- California says its consumers will be the first in the nation to save money under a federal law raising the energy-efficiency standard of light bulbs.

The federal law set adoption of the standard for Jan. 1, 2012, but California was given authority to implement it one year earlier, The Sacramento Bee reported Tuesday.

Under the federal measure, 100-watt bulbs manufactured after the adoption date must use 28 percent less energy than a traditional 100-watt incandescent light bulb.

"This is in keeping with the traditional role of California being a leader in energy efficiency," California Energy Commission spokesman Adam Gottlieb said. "After 132 years, we're giving (Thomas) Edison a makeover."

California welcomed the opportunity to get an early start on high-tech solutions like halogen, compact fluorescent or light-emitting diode bulbs, Gottlieb said.

California energy standards on everything from appliances to home-building requirements have kept "per-capita electricity use in California absolutely flat for 32 years while the rest of the nation has seen a 40 percent increase during that time," he said.

energy light bulbs and the plastic patch update

2011-01-06T06:47:00.001-05:00

Calif. leads way in energy-efficient bulbs
SACRAMENTO (UPI) -- California officials say consumers in the state will be the first in the nation to save money under a U.S. law raising the efficiency standard of light bulbs.

The federal law set adoption of the standard for Jan. 1, 2012, but California was given authority to implement it one year earlier, The Sacramento Bee reported Tuesday.

Under the federal measure, 100-watt bulbs manufactured after the adoption date must use 28 percent less energy than a traditional 100-watt incandescent light bulb.

California welcomed the opportunity to get an early start on high-tech solutions like halogen, compact fluorescent or light-emitting diode bulbs, Gottlieb said.

Also Tuesday, home furnishing retail giant IKEA announced it will no longer carry or sell incandescent light bulbs, effective immediately.

IKEA U.S. President Mike Ward made the announcement in a statement that said the company is the first major retailer to take such a step, the Los Angeles Times reported. Ward said the company is "constantly looking at ways to help support our customers with everyday environmentally responsible solutions that will improve their lives."

"Eliminating incandescents is just one simple way for IKEA customers to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gases," the statement said.

The California Lighting Technology Center at the University of California-Davis is conducting research into energy-saving lighting technology, the Times said. Researchers are working on, among other things, systems that provide lighting based on responsiveness to available daylight and shut off lights automatically when people leave rooms.

Study: No 'garbage patch' of ocean plastic

CORVALLIS, Ore. (UPI) -- Claims of a "Great Garbage Patch" floating in the Pacific Ocean twice the size of Texas are grossly exaggerated, an Oregon State University scientist says.

Angelicque White, an assistant professor of oceanography, says additional claims the oceans contain more plastic than plankton and that the patch has been growing tenfold each decade since the 1950s are equally misleading, a university release reported Tuesday.

"There is no doubt that the amount of plastic in the world's oceans is troubling, but this kind of exaggeration undermines the credibility of scientists," White said.

"We have data that allow us to make reasonable estimates; we don't need the hyperbole. Given the observed concentration of plastic in the North Pacific, it is simply inaccurate to state that plastic outweighs plankton, or that we have observed an exponential increase in plastic."

White participated in an expedition solely aimed at understanding the abundance of plastic debris and the impact of plastic on microbial communities, part of research funded by the National Science Foundation.

If you look at the actual area of the plastic itself, rather than the entire North Pacific subtropical system of rotating ocean currents in which some plastic is found, the hypothetically "cohesive" plastic patch is actually less than 1 percent of the geographic size of Texas, White says.

"The amount of plastic out there isn't trivial," White said. "But using the highest concentrations ever reported by scientists produces a patch that is a small fraction of the state of Texas, not twice the size."

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2011-01-01T13:45:00.001-05:00

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Algae Biofuels for Aviation

While a diverse number of product possibilities are currently being attempted by the algae-to-fuel companies, those watching this sector would not have missed the fact that there are a few prominent companies working on making aviation fuel from algae.

I thought I'd dedicate the last newsletter of 2010 to this interesting product segment.

Do let me know your thoughts and feedback on this. And oh yes, a good number of folks have responded to the earlier newsletter on Challenges of Algae-based CO₂ Capture. I promise to compile their responses and put them up as a blog post soon.

And here's wishing the 11,000 readers of the Oilgae Newsletter a wonderful and prosperous 2011 ahead.

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What are Aviation Fuels?

The airline industry with its 13,000 commercial airplanes burns about 80 billion gallons of liquid transport fuel annually. Now, that is just about 6% of the total oil consumption worldwide - which is about a humungous 1.3 trillion gallons per year.

Some basics about the aviation fuels are in order.

Aviation Turbine Fuel

The prominent aviation fuel used today is the aviation turbine fuel.

The turbine fuels that are used for civilian aviation are a bit different from those used for military aircraft.

Civilian aviation turbine fuels are used for powering jet and turbo-prop engined aircraft. Outside former communist areas, there are currently two main grades of turbine fuel in use in civil commercial aviation: Jet A-1 and Jet A, both kerosene type fuels. There is another grade of jet fuel, Jet B which is a wide cut kerosene (a blend of gasoline and kerosene) but it is rarely used except in very cold climates.

Military aircraft use fuels such as JP-4, JP-5 or JP-8. JP-4 is the military equivalent of Jet B with the addition of corrosion inhibitor and anti-icing additives. JP-5 is a high flash point kerosene. JP-8 is the military equivalent of Jet A-1 with the addition of corrosion inhibitor and anti-icing additives; it meets the requirements of the U.S. military specification.

Avgas

The other type of fuel that is used in aviation is Avgas (for aviation gasoline). Avgas is a high-octane fuel used typically in aircraft that use reciprocating or wankel engines.

Until now, almost all aviation fuels (for turbines or for reciprocating engines) have been derived from fossil sources. Things have just about begun to change with the aviation industry turning its attention towards biofuels.

Aviation and Biofuels

The aviation industry has been making moves lately to adopt biofuels. In fact, there have been reports that the target is to certify biofuels as safe for aviation use by 2013, and latest updates suggest that certification could be completed by end of 2011.

A related fact is that the aviation industry has been quite keen on biofuels from algae. This might be intriguing to the more inquisitive amongst you. Why should the aviation industry be so keen on algae fuel which currently costs multiple times that of any fuel, especially when fuel is one of the highest cost component of any airline (30-40% operating cost of airlines is from fuel, the other major operating cost chunk is of course labor!)?

There are some good reasons for aviation to love biofuels.

Financial incentives - There are significant financial incentives for successful adoption of aviation biofuels, to judge from a report issued by "sustainability economics" UK consultancy EQ2 Insight. One incentive identified by the report, titled Sustainable Flying (http://www.eq2.eu.com/pdf_resources/Aviation_biofuel.pdf , 2010), arises from savings under the European Union's Emissions Trading System. "Based on the current EU ETS price for carbon in 2012 of €15 ($20) and 2009 average jet fuel price of $1.69/US gal, every gallon of jet fuel burned would incur carbon costs of an additional $0.21, which is a total cost of $1.34 billion across the industry," it calculates. An estimate by the Air Transport Action Group suggests that biofuels' share will be 15% in 2020 and 30% in 2030 respectively in the EU aviation industry, and the savings on carbon expense would be, respectively, $2.01 billion and $5.83 billion.

Drop-in Fuel - Another reason why the aircraft industry is keen on biofuels is that from an aviation standpoint, the right biofuel is an almost direct replacement for kerosene with little modifications required to the engine. In this context, while algal fuels are indeed a favourite, it is a family of fuels called synthetic paraffinic kerosene — which includes those distilled from the oils of Helianthus (sunflowers) and Jatropha – that are closest to becoming certified, according to industry experts.

Latest Updates in Aviation Biofuels

Some prominent recent updates on aviation biofuels are provided below:

The world's largest aircraft maker Boeing has been collaborating with leading biofuels makers such as Tecbio of Brazil, Aquaflow Bionomic of New Zealand and other fuel developers around the world. So far, Boeing has tested over five fuels from these companies, and will probably have gone through 20 fuels "by the time we're done evaluating them." Way back in Nov 2008, Boeing said that aviation biofuel was just three years away, so we will keep watching out a year later as to how their pronouncements turned out. However, another Boeing executive at last year's Paris air show, while singling out algae as a "very promising" feedstock, admitted that scale production was eight to 10 years away. So we can kind of say that Boeing is serious about biofuels but not very clear about timelines.
Jan 2009 - Japan Airlines conducted a biofuel-based flight in January 2009, while in November of the same year, KLM operated a Boeing 747 flight with one engine running on a 50:50 mix of a camelina-based biofuel and traditional Jet-A.
Nov 2010 - TAM Airlines of Brazil said it had successfully tested aviation biofuel. Brazil's largest airline announced the 45-minute flight of an Airbus A320 using biofuel made from the seeds of the Jatropha curcas tree, where the biofuel was mixed with conventional aviation kerosene. The experimental flight was part of a joint project between TAM, Airbus and engine manufacturer CFM International.
Nov 2010 - Also in Nov 2010, Qatar Airways announced a Biomass-to-Liquids Project. The project will be a joint affair between Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park, and Qatar Petroleum. Based on feasibility studies on biomass-to-liquid jet fuel done by Seattle's Verno Systems, the trio has established the Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform.

Hurdles for Aviation Biofuels

While the aviation industry is full of enthusiasm about biofuels, there are bottlenecks along the path.
Even after testing has been undertaken and the aviation industry is fully confident that biofuels can work and certification is complete, some hurdles remain:

Feedstock availability - Availability of biofuel is an important concern. For example, The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Project (SBRP) planned to explore the potential of seawater farming as a means of growing mangrove forests and salicornia, a salt-tolerant plant, as a biofuel feedstock. The shortages of salicornia forced Mexico's Interjet to postpone biofuel demonstration flights that had been scheduled for early 2010.
Lack of progress in development of suitable strains - There is still work to be done on the genetic development of suitable strains of plant-based, oil-seed-bearing feedstocks such as jatropha and pongomia. "Most work has been done to date using essentially wild strains and it's no surprise that you run into difficulty on yields and therefore economics," says Phil Hopton, a partner in Seattle-based biofuel research company Verno Systems.
Cost– Cost is always a question mark, and at this point in time, there are few authentic data available in this context.
Competition for supply with other forms of transport – Mass transport segment (esp road transport) requires over ten times the amount of biofuel that airlines require, and this competition for biofuels between these two segments pose a significant stumbling block.

Aviation Biofuels and Algae

I am not entirely sure if algae is the first feedstock choice that come to airlines' minds when they look to produce biofuels. Camelina and Jatropha are pretty high on the aviation industry's biofuels radar. However, there is considerable interest among airlines for algae biofuels as well, for the obvious reasons: high yields, ability to grow in diverse environments etc.

Some prominent companies in the algae fuel industry have been focusing on aviation fuel as part of their product mix. Chief among these is Solazyme, but there are others too.

A study estimated that the total land area equivalents required to produce enough fuel to completely supply the aviation industry are as follows for the following crops:

1. Algae: 68,000 sq km
2. Camelina: 2,000,000 sq km
3. Jatropha: 2,700,000 sq km

I worked out with the above numbers, and at about 12,000 gallons of oil per hectare per year, 68,000 sq km will be able to produce the 80 billion gallons required by the aviation industry every year. 12,000 gallons per ha/year (about 45 T) is not an unheard of number in the algae fuel industry, though in Oilgae's opinion, something around 30 T/ hectare is a more achievable target for open pond cultivation.

Some of the happenings in 2009 and 2010 in the aviation industry with regard to algae biofuels:

Jan 2009 - Two different airlines had algae biofuel test flights this month, and both turned to Sapphire Energy for their needs. Japan Airlines took flight today on a plane partially powered by camelina, jatropha and a small percentage of algae-based biofuels, while Continental Airlines took to the wild biofuel yonder earlier this month, using a blend of jatropha and algae. - http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/01/two-different-airlines-funded-sapphire.html
Oct 2009 - Honeywell Tests Algae Jet Fuel on TPE331 Engines - Honeywell says it has completed initial testing of renewable jet fuel on its TPE331 turboprop engine, its TFE731 engine and a commercial Auxiliary Power Unit, with performance and fuel economy results comparable to typical aviation fuels. For the past several months, Honeywell has been testing a biofuel blend developed by UOP LLC, a Honeywell subsidiary based in Des Plaines, Ill., which is 50 percent jatropha and algae-based biofuel, and 50 percent petroleum-based fuel. More - http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/10/honeywell-tests-algae-jet-fuel-on.html
In Feb 2010, Airbus parent EADS revealed plans to assess the potential of microalgae to fuel over a 12-month period, in partnership with Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR). More - http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2010/01/qatar-airways-enters-aviation-biofuel.html
In Jun 2010, EADS, the parent company of Airbus, and Diamond Aircraft made demonstration flights of the first ever aircraft powered entirely by an algae derived biofuel. The small, twin engine Diamond DA42NG made the flights at the Berlin Air show to showcase the new fuel. (http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/06/airbus-parent-company-showcases-algae-powered-flights/ )
Solazyme Delivers Algae-Fuel to Navy - Jul 20, 2010 - Solazyme, a San Francisco-based bioproducts company, began delivery of its algae-based jet fuel to the U.S. Navy. The company said it has delivered 1,500 gallons of the algal-derived biofuel as part of the Navy's efforts to shift its fuel consumption from traditional fossil fuels to more renewable resources. Read our take on the Story Behind Solazyme's delivery of jet fuel to the US Navy – "The story behind 1500 gallons of Solazyme's jet fuel to the U.S. Navy" - http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2010/08/the-story-behind-1500-gallons-of-solazymes-jet-fuel-to-the-u-s-navy.html
Here's a forum discussion from our good old Oilgae forum on algae-fuels for aviation, there are some pretty interesting discussions and links over there – http://www.oilgae.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=162

Summary

From a reading and analysis of the news updates and literature, the following are clear:

There is considerable interest in the aviation industry for biofuels
Algae is one of the front-runners in terms of the biofuel feedstock, though others such as camelina and jatropha are being considered too.
Commercialization of biofuels in aviation however appears to be some years away, as the industry is currently only in the experimentation stage.

References

Aviation Jet Fuel Info -	http://www.csgnetwork.com/jetfuel.html
Wikipedia on Aviation Biofuel -	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_biofuel
Boeing's Take on Aviation Biofuels -	http://www.wired.com/autopia/2008/11/boeing-says-thr/
Qatar Airways & Aviation Biofuels -	http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/01/qatar-airways-aviation-biofuel-biomass-to-liquids.php
Wikipedia on Aviation Fuel -	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_fuel
Sustainable Aviation Fuels User Group -	http://www.safug.org/
Beginner's Guide to Aviation Biofuels -	http://www.enviro.aero/Content/Upload/File/Beginners Guide_Biofuels_WebRes.pdf
Aviation Biofuels: The Bumpy Road to Scale Production -	http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/02/22/338613/aviation-biofuels-the-bumpy-road-to-scale-production.html

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Airships- greener ,cheaper -an opportunity ?

2010-12-23T10:02:00.001-05:00

Massive algae-powered airship moves to NASA Ames Research Center 1

In California, NASA has entered into a three year lease agreement with E Green Technologies to to bring the world's largest airship to NASA Research Park at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field.

The massive 235-foot long/65-foot diameter lighter-than-air vehicle is designed to fly on algae-based bio-fuel at speeds up to 74 mph, at altitudes up to 20,000 feet

Link : http://biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2010/12/13/massive-algae-powered-airship-moves-to-nasas-ames-research-center/

How long will it take to go to green gas ? Response

2010-12-23T09:31:00.001-05:00

What I told Scientific American in response to Shell's "What shall we do?"
Survey (and some ridiculously negative commenters)

This a copy of the reply I posted in "comments" section to ad posing as a survey in Scientific American's website.

Here's a link to that answer, from there you can browse some of the others if it interests you.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/energypoll/poll7.cfm?WT.mc_id=SA_shell_right-ad-vote_q7&posted=1#comment-48

Sometimes I wonder if they put something in the executive water coolers in most major corporations that makes them incapable of seeing any innovation as being worthwhile. Naysayers who claim it will take 100 years to transition to new energy sources are either delusional or dissembling or just insist on ignoring the facts.
Fact 1. The claims that the main obstacle to using algae and algae oil as a source for "new energy" is the extraction of the algae from the water and the extraction of the oil from the water/algae is nonsense. It has been solved at least twice in the last couple of years. Once by AlgaeVenture Systems (the Ohio Univ. spinoff) that dredges and concentrates algae using a wicking system to partially dry it (remaining drying does take energy, but that can be concentrated solar directly as heat or converted to electric and back to heat) but from there extraction is as simple as pressing mustard seed or any other oil seed for that matter. (Please note that this also overcomes the Food vs Fuel trumped up debate because the "left over" algae after extraction IS FOOD, for animals or humans). The second solution, thought first to be proposed and proven, is from OriginOil, which is lysing the cells via ultrasonic disruption, which bursts not only the cell membranes but also the vacuole membranes which store oils within the cells. This is a "wet" process, separation is natural gravity, but speeded to less than an hour by Electro Coagulation (as Colorado Linings calls it in their process), but is the same system my company has been proposing for 4 years based on old sewage processing methods from the early half of the 20th Century.
Fact 2. Assuming you had a very large number of containers to put it in, but let us consider as an example a moderately slow growing algae that only replicates its biomass a single time each day (some reproduce every 4 hours, or 6 times a day, which is 2x2x2x2x2x2 [=64 times original biomass], yes, in a SINGLE day). But remember, just calculating 1 duplication of biomass per day, assuming ideal temp. and plenty of light, and adequate basic nutrients. On day 2 we have twice what we started with, which if it were 1 kilogram, by the 21th day we would have 1,000 Metric Tons of biomass (ignoring for the moment what percentage may be extracted as oil, since you'll soon see it doesn't matter). By the 90th day, our colony of algae will weigh MORE THAN THE PLANET EARTH.
100 years is complete BULLSHIT! We could produce enough algae oil to replace all petroleum in 100 days! DO THE MATH YOURSELF!

Earth resource use

2010-12-22T13:07:00.001-05:00

Report: Humanity 'pushing' plant resources
GREENBELT, Md. (UPI) -- Humanity is pushing Earth's plant resources harder as population continues to grow and countries develop modern economies, a NASA report says.

A NASA research group says an increasing amount of Earth's total annual land plant production is being consumed, mainly for food but also for paper, clothing, livestock feed, firewood, biofuels and other uses, ScienceDaily.com reported Thursday.

From 1995 to 2005, human consumption of land plants rose from 20 percent to 25 percent of the total plant production of each year, Marc Imhoff at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., said.

Both total global consumption and per capita consumption are on the increase, the report says.

"The question is, 'How hard are we pushing the land?'" Imhoff said. "People are wary about that percentage creeping up. Most people consider that a high number, although we're still doing research."

The research does not predict a "doomsday" scenario, he said, but does point to some future likelihoods if current population and consumption trends hold.

"What we're realizing is the biosphere doesn't care whether you have a lot of people consuming a little or a few people consuming a lot," he said. "It's the total rate that matters.

"If, in future scenarios, it's going to go up to something like 50 percent, we're looking at a very high demand for land management to maximize productivity at all levels on the landscape and at the expense of all other uses, for example, carbon sequestration, habitat or water storage," he said. "We would be heading toward a place where the planet would be very carefully managed, from end to end."

solar observatory -view the energy source

2010-12-21T13:27:00.001-05:00

Solar image library available online
PARIS (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says its entire library of images from its solar observation programs is available online, allowing Internet users to explore the sun.

Using a software viewer called JHelioviewer, available for download, and images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, users can create their own movies of the sun, color and adjust images as they wish, and track features on the sun, an ESA release said Tuesday.

"We wanted to make it easy to view solar images from different observatories and instruments, and to make it easy to make movies," Daniel Muller, ESA Deputy Project Scientist, said. "Before, it took hours to combine images from different telescopes to make a movie of the sun for a given period."

"With JHelioviewer, everyone can do this in minutes. This is an interactive visual archive of the entire SOHO mission," he said.

More than a million images from SOHO can already be accessed, and new images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory are being added every day, the ESA said.

The Web site Helioviewer.org, a Web-based image browser, complements the downloadable JHelioviewer.

"The goal of JHelioviewer, and the Helioviewer Project as a whole, is to offer intuitive interfaces to large datasets from many different sources. In effect, it is a virtual observatory," Muller said.

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Algae waste water treatment to green energy ideas

2010-12-19T12:42:00.001-05:00

Algae for Wastewater Treatment & Biofuels
Algae grow best off waste streams - agricultural, animal, or human. All over the world, municipalities and utilities spend enormous sums to treat wastewater and sewage and remove them of pollutants and impurities. Some of the pollutants in the wastewater and sewage are nutrients on which algae thrive. Yet another fact is that the algae that grow in human-sewage tend to have a lot of oil. Combine the above three facts and you get a rather interesting solution: Grow algae in sewage/wastewater to clean the medium while producing biofuels!
Algae, especially microalgae can bio-filter nutrient-laden, CO2-laden and low-oxygen water and turn it into oxygen-rich, CO2-low water as it flows back into the ecosystem, while simultaneously producing oil.
One of the key advantages is that, apart from the fact that expensive reactor systems are not required, unlike other algal-biofuel technologies this approach relies on "wild algae" - i.e., algae that naturally colonize sewage ponds already.
The advantage of algae-based waste water treatment is the end-product in the process - algae biomass, which can be used as a biofuel feedstock.
Given the right conditions, algae can double its volume overnight. Microalgae are the earth's most productive plants - 10 to 15 times more prolific in biomass than the fastest growing land plant exploited for biofuel production. While soy produces some 50 gallons of oil per acre per year; canola, 150 gallons; and palm, 650 gallons, algae can produce up to 15,000 gallons per acre per year. In addition, up to 50 percent of biomass for some microalgae is comprised of oil, whereas oil-palm trees - currently the most efficient large-scale source of feedstock oil to make biofuels - yield approximately 20 percent of their weight in oil.

The following table gives some typical yields in US gallons of biodiesel per acre Plant Yield of Biodiesel(gallons per acre)

Algae 5000 and higher

Oil from microalgae can easily be converted to biofuels such as biodiesel through the same technology used with oil from oil seeds which is currently used to convert vegetable oil to biodiesel (transesterification is the main conversion process). In addition, it is possible to hydro-treat the algae oil to produce other fuels such as JP-8 and other jet fuels.

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Updated Comprehensive Oilgae Report

To know more about the report and to download a free preview, please see here - http://www.oilgae.com/ref/report/report.html

Use of Left-over Algae Extract

One of the more sustainable ways to produce biofuels from algae is to utilize all three components of the algae biomass – lipids, carbohydrates and proteins – to derive valuable end products.

To this end, the Oilgae team undertook research on the various uses of the left over algae extract after the extraction of oil and ethanol. The following were the products we came up with:

Animal and cattle feed
Fish meal
Omega-3 fatty acids
Fertilizer

Animal and cattle feed – Owing to the high content of proteins in the left over algae extract, it is highly suited for animal feed. In most animal diets, protein is the most expensive portion and is usually the first nutrient that is computed in diet formulation. The energy level of the diet is then adjusted to the desired level by addition of high energy supplements) which are less expensive than protein supplements ( http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5738e/x5738e0g.htm ). It has been reported that algae extract are even more suited as a food for high performance animals. Obtaining at least some of the algal oil and/or protein from predominantly intact biomass is sometimes advantageous for food for high performance animals, such as sport dogs or horses. The animal feed market is a fairly lucrative market. If recent soy meal prices are taken as a reference, the value of algae after oil extraction would be about $300 per T, and the US cattle alone consume about 300 million tons of protein/year (Mayfield 2008). That would be about $90 billion market for the US alone, with a worldwide market that could be well over $400 billion. Source: FAO, http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/i1704e/i1704e02.pdf

Fish meal - Another interesting market for algae extract is fish meal. While the size of the worldwide fishmeal market is much smaller than that for animal feed ($20 billion per annum). Fishmeal is however a premium market when compared to animalfeed, with prices of fishmeal per T being about three times that for animal feed ($1200/T vs $300/T for animal feed) ( http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/552/fish-and-fishery-products-a-global-market-analysis )

Omega-3 Fatty Acids – This is another exciting opportunity for those looking a valuable end use for left over algae extract. It is reported that the market demand for this far exceed the supply. Market demands for omega-3 fatty acids exceed current industry production capacity: Current world demand = $4.6 billion U.S; 2011 estimate = $8.2 billion U.S. Many current market suppliers of omega-3s are experiencing over 20 percent annual revenue growth for algae-based ingredients in food and nutritional products — with premium prices paid for the purest products. (Source: http://www.bookpump.com/dps/pdf-b/942326Xb.pdf) This opportunity has not exactly been lost on companies. For instance, Seambiotic, in addition to fuel production, is also concentrating on microalgae-based animal and fish feed production. It is also considers production of food additives like omega 3 fatty acid from algae.

Fertilizers - Algal meal is a natural fertilizer for plants. Kelp or seaweed (algae) meal is a natural fertilizer. Its high potassium content combined with other organic fertilizers makes a complete soil treatment. It promotes vigorous indoor and outdoors plants, and can also help them battle frost and death. In Composting Organic Waste - Algae meal is an additive to improve decomposition conditions in composting of organic waste (GTZ, 1998). Additions of algae in composting process increases the structural portion in the windrow, improves the oxygen supply, reduces bulk weight, regulates the water content, reduces loss of nutrients, increases the air pore volume and promote the formation of clay-humus complexes. While there are no authentic data available for algae meal used as fertilizer, approximate estimates are in the range of US $0.2 – 0.45/ Kg, based on the prices of fertilizers made from similar bio-sources. (Source: SNAP Alginates, Ranipet, India, http://bit.ly/eodX73, http://bit.ly/dIhmm5)

The above four are the prominent value products that could be derived from the left-over algae extract. There have been recent reports in which algae extract could be a starting point for making unique chemicals and even bioplastics, but these are at a nascent stage and the business viability is not clear. For the above products however, the market sizes are medium or large, and the product and business viability are quite well established.

These valuable end uses for the left-over algae extract does open up interesting possibilities for companies in the algae fuel domain as well, because the ability to monetize the algae left over extract makes their overall revenue model more sustainable.

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2010-12-09T13:58:00.001-05:00

Nanoparticle could extend food shelf life
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a nanoparticle can hold and release an antimicrobial agent, extending the shelf life of foods susceptible to Listeria contamination.

Scientists at Purdue University say they've developed several forms of a nanoparticle that could contain and stabilize nisin, a food-based antimicrobial peptide, keeping it effective for up to three weeks against Listeria monocytogenes, a university release said Tuesday.

The potentially lethal food-borne pathogen found in meats, dairy and vegetables is especially troublesome for pregnant women, infants, older people and others with weakened immune systems.

"People have been using nisin for a number of years, but the problem has been that it is depleted quickly in a food system," said Arun Bhunia, a Purdue professor of food science. "This nanoparticle is an improved way to deliver the antimicrobial properties of nisin for extended use."

A solution containing the nanoparticles and free nisin could be sprayed onto foods or included in packaging, Yuan Yao, who developed the nanoparticle/nisin pairing, said.

The solution would have an equal amount of both free nisin and nisin on the nanoparticles.

"When you reduce the amount of free nisin, it will trigger a release of more nisin from the nanoparticles to re-establish the equilibrium," Yao said. "There will be a substantial amount of nisin preserved to counteract the Listeria."

Yao said a sufficient amount of nisin to combat Listeria could be preserved for up to 21 days.

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