We Can Power The World With Algae!

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Scientists are always looking for alternatives to fossil fuels, but what about algae? Can algae be used to create biofuel?
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What Are Algae?
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"Algae are a diverse group of aquatic organisms that have the ability to conduct photosynthesis. Certain algae are familiar to most people; for instance, seaweeds (such as kelp or phytoplankton), pond scum or the algal blooms in lakes. However, there exists a vast and varied world of algae that are not only helpful to us, but are critical to our existence."
Biofuels from algae: challenges and potential
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"Algae biofuels may provide a viable alternative to fossil fuels; however, this technology must overcome a number of hurdles before it can compete in the fuel market and be broadly deployed."
Biofuels: The Original Car Fuel
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"Biofuels have been around as long as cars have. At the start of the 20th century, Henry Ford planned to fuel his Model Ts with ethanol, and early diesel engines were shown to run on peanut oil."
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  • @evanterrell834
    @evanterrell8347 жыл бұрын

    If algae fuel replaced all the petroleum fuel in the United States, it would require 15,000 square miles (39,000 km2), which is only 0.42% of the U.S. map. -Wikipedia

  • @Ajl03

    @Ajl03

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wow, really!

  • @garretttaylor6437

    @garretttaylor6437

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's half a state soulfully devoted to biofuel. It needs to be more efficient but it does have promise

  • @Kiyarose3999

    @Kiyarose3999

    5 жыл бұрын

    Evan Terrell what method of growing is that based on, cos Vertical PBR obviously take up much less space than other methods. So perhaps that figure could be better?

  • @NaturalAsCanBe

    @NaturalAsCanBe

    5 жыл бұрын

    So far, I love the idea of algae biofuel, but Wikipedia itself is not a valid source 😛

  • @NaturalAsCanBe

    @NaturalAsCanBe

    5 жыл бұрын

    The wikipedia article links to a Washington post article that apparently sites no sources 🤷‍♀️

  • @TheOneAndOnlyLewis
    @TheOneAndOnlyLewis7 жыл бұрын

    It does make you wonder. Why don't we just do it? go balls deep with renewable energy and leave fossil fuels behind. But greed knows no limits, even if that means the certain demise of our planet. Its a shame.

  • @Kazrin132

    @Kazrin132

    7 жыл бұрын

    we need to have billions to make this happen and the good old oil companies are greedy and won't allow this to happen

  • @marlonmoncrieffe0728

    @marlonmoncrieffe0728

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's not economically or even physically practical yet.

  • @johanngaiusisinwingazuluah2116

    @johanngaiusisinwingazuluah2116

    7 жыл бұрын

    We can't go mass production yet but we can start doing this in small scale.

  • @johanngaiusisinwingazuluah2116

    @johanngaiusisinwingazuluah2116

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'm not so sure about the middle 2.

  • @gryphy69420

    @gryphy69420

    7 жыл бұрын

    balls deep eh? i like the way you think

  • @taschke1221
    @taschke12217 жыл бұрын

    I would put algae in my tank at $2.00/gal with the expectancy that it would drop to under $1.00/gal in the next 3 years.

  • @markm0000

    @markm0000

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes but that requires logic and our government has solidly proven they have none of it.

  • @ThePsychicProject
    @ThePsychicProject7 жыл бұрын

    As soon as oil is more expensive than algae that's when companies will make the switch

  • @harrisonwheeler373

    @harrisonwheeler373

    5 жыл бұрын

    It alredy is

  • @jakekaywell5972

    @jakekaywell5972

    5 жыл бұрын

    Exxon-Mobil is actually pouring a lot of funds into this. Don't worry.

  • @Kiyarose3999

    @Kiyarose3999

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes I’ve watched vids about people who was making Algea fuel then the Oil companies produced more Oil bringing the price down and making Algea Fuel uncompetitive, also Fracking in US was part of this price drop in fossil Oil.

  • @Omega-uc7wl

    @Omega-uc7wl

    4 жыл бұрын

    When you say it like that it sounds like it's a problem that fixes it self

  • @buntafujiwara7698

    @buntafujiwara7698

    3 жыл бұрын

    It is Ethanol biofuels are cheaper than oil

  • @genericmale3907
    @genericmale39077 жыл бұрын

    I f***ing love you science

  • @BonelessBen

    @BonelessBen

    7 жыл бұрын

    ELEMENTS!

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    7 жыл бұрын

    fuckin' a.

  • @paulhm96

    @paulhm96

    7 жыл бұрын

    TRACE WHERE DID U BUY THAT SHIRT

  • @itsRandomizer

    @itsRandomizer

    7 жыл бұрын

    Out of curiosity, since you love science, what do you do for it? What do you do for science?

  • @johnrambo9609

    @johnrambo9609

    7 жыл бұрын

    John Clarke zscience ghe study of gods creation. I love it too

  • @tenebrisscarrow3140
    @tenebrisscarrow31407 жыл бұрын

    And the other problem with ethanol as a fuel is people drinking it since ethanol is the alcohol we all know and love.

  • @matteo2297

    @matteo2297

    7 жыл бұрын

    Tenebris Scarrow But they make it toxic, this has happened in history before.

  • @1idkwhat2do

    @1idkwhat2do

    7 жыл бұрын

    They can denature ut making it toxic to drinking and still useable to burn

  • @matteo2297

    @matteo2297

    7 жыл бұрын

    It happened with methylated spirits i believe, alcoholics were drinking it, the they made it blue and toxic so people stopped drinking it to save the alcohol industry

  • @1idkwhat2do

    @1idkwhat2do

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yes, companies also use it to exempt themselves for tax when using it in products such as deodorants as its not classed as drinkable alcohol

  • @christophers707

    @christophers707

    7 жыл бұрын

    Look up Brazil they use it ethanol is not as bad as you think for fuel. The oil companies lied that food price rise was caused by using it as fuel. The type of corn used is different than the one you eat after they extract the ethanol from corn the byproduct is feed for cattle we produced so much of it the price dropped. Even if ethanol cost more I would rather give the money to farmers than send it to some far off land.

  • @PinkProgram
    @PinkProgram7 жыл бұрын

    I've been talking about this for at least 6 years...

  • @lasarith2

    @lasarith2

    7 жыл бұрын

    Pink Program Ditto .

  • @Miimu5210

    @Miimu5210

    7 жыл бұрын

    k

  • @jayknight139

    @jayknight139

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well you didn't tell me and I would have been interested.

  • @shlomio

    @shlomio

    3 жыл бұрын

    Now 10

  • @candiduscorvus
    @candiduscorvus7 жыл бұрын

    If it makes my car go and doesn't break anything I will put it in my fuel tank. I even like that it might be algae fuel. I'll use the hell out of that.

  • @kingj282
    @kingj2827 жыл бұрын

    Why aren't we doing this on a larger scale?

  • @PabloBatistaArq

    @PabloBatistaArq

    7 жыл бұрын

    watch the other video and you'll know

  • @TinchoX

    @TinchoX

    7 жыл бұрын

    Because of money.

  • @HomeSkillenSLICE

    @HomeSkillenSLICE

    7 жыл бұрын

    More expensive then just pumping it

  • @forteastro6996

    @forteastro6996

    7 жыл бұрын

    Taking a class on algae and money is the issue. It's pretty good for wastewater though.

  • @johanngaiusisinwingazuluah2116

    @johanngaiusisinwingazuluah2116

    7 жыл бұрын

    Because if we do so, in a short time, many bad things can happen.For example: If many of these algae find their way into a lake or an underground water reservoir with lots of nutrients and animals, they will multiply alot and start using up all of the oxygen, thus killing the animals. Correct me if I am wrong.

  • @fly.god.infinite1626
    @fly.god.infinite16267 жыл бұрын

    i cant believe some people would really risk destroying our futures just for money ......sigh

  • @sayrith
    @sayrith7 жыл бұрын

    So many different techs. There's also algae hydrolysis where you heat up algae and water in a pressure vessel. The product is called Green crude and is chemically similar to petrol crude.

  • @jeanliojl
    @jeanliojl6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this amazing video when it is clarified the properties and benefits of algae. It even seems to be a productive solution very soon for problems such as global climate and lack of artificial resources. Here algae arise as a natural component capable of giving oil, food, and ultimately, and most importantly, renewable energy.

  • @MaxX500
    @MaxX5007 жыл бұрын

    I take Chlorella and Spirulina tablets. After a cousin of mine told my family about them, I was instantly hooked on what lil ol' algae could do. Great benefits they have.

  • @chube5738
    @chube57387 жыл бұрын

    I'd rather spend more to save the environment. Anybody else?

  • @MisterCuddlesworthPT

    @MisterCuddlesworthPT

    7 жыл бұрын

    This can save the environment

  • @swoastudios

    @swoastudios

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @swoastudios

    @swoastudios

    5 жыл бұрын

    Let's save this world

  • @centuryfiles9558

    @centuryfiles9558

    5 жыл бұрын

    not anyone in business

  • @johnspinelli9396

    @johnspinelli9396

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ok then that should be your decision. Everyone shouldnt be forced to make it..

  • @shadowslayer0420
    @shadowslayer04207 жыл бұрын

    i can only imagine the performance gains could be in an automotive 4 stroke engine with further development of the algae fuels. even e85, although being less potent, if enough is delivered to the engine performance can be increased significantly

  • @JT-bg2vy
    @JT-bg2vy2 жыл бұрын

    I live in Northern California and the lake here (Clearlake) has a massive problem with algae. The smell is awful when the summer days are long, hot, sunny. We all want a clean lake to enjoy recreational activities etc. Apparently a company from (Japan?) Said they'd be able to remove all the algae for us. For free. They planned to use it for producing fuel. Our wonderful county, Lake County, said NOPE. They wanted the company to pay the county to remove the algae. So here we are years later with a summertime bog of eternal stench and still wanting a nice lake to enjoy.

  • @MemestiffGaming
    @MemestiffGaming7 жыл бұрын

    Damn, well I hope soon we start using Algae

  • @bosede-nage8467
    @bosede-nage84677 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, I would love to see this as the way forward with energy production. Lots of carbon neutral fuel and I get to keep running my car with a proper engine! I read about a proposal to make huge glass tube panels of gas producing algae on the walls of buildings to make them self sufficient.

  • @kaveengayashan142

    @kaveengayashan142

    3 жыл бұрын

    can you share the link ?

  • @ivanpergasiFreelance
    @ivanpergasiFreelance2 жыл бұрын

    How much energy this "Fuel conversion/extraction" process require ? I mean to get the final product ? Where can we read any scientific evidence to do comparison between the actual and this new fuel production energy requirements? Is there any official documents to get? I'm very interested but sceptic too...

  • @Kiyarose3999
    @Kiyarose39996 жыл бұрын

    The Ford Model T you are ref to ran on Hemp seed oil, also all the panels were made from Hemp- Fibreglass also all the lubricants and Hydraulic oils were made from Hemp oil.

  • @haefoc9387
    @haefoc93877 жыл бұрын

    Isnt it ironic I got an advertisement for an oil company on this exact video??

  • @AllNightReptile
    @AllNightReptile7 жыл бұрын

    Where does he get all the cool science shirts?

  • @kojdify

    @kojdify

    7 жыл бұрын

    ikr I'm looking everywhere since I first saw one of their videos ;_;

  • @Marcos-tp4lm

    @Marcos-tp4lm

    7 жыл бұрын

    yeah, same here! I can´t find these science shirts, I really want one.

  • @fusiontricycle6605

    @fusiontricycle6605

    6 жыл бұрын

    I find it difficult to find a periodic table shirt let alone the ones that he has.

  • @opaque2331
    @opaque23317 жыл бұрын

    Who else thinks this channel will become BuzzFeed after about 5 years

  • @mirsec0088

    @mirsec0088

    7 жыл бұрын

    same lmao

  • @varticlemedia1974

    @varticlemedia1974

    7 жыл бұрын

    SirLemming yup

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    7 жыл бұрын

    well, we've been around for four and we've not become buzzfeed yet...... so... talk to you in a year.

  • @zachillges162

    @zachillges162

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Trace Dominguez well i have seen most of the test tube/seeker channels with the liberal perspective.

  • @bioclass7763
    @bioclass77633 жыл бұрын

    hi, Iam are also working on a project on production of biofuel from alge ..Iam looking for any subsitute of photobioreactor for algal growth.can you suggest any subsitute...

  • @guitarplayerforu
    @guitarplayerforu5 жыл бұрын

    Surely simply switching to Algae based Petrol and diesel would be better for the environment than electric vehicles and scrapping all the current perfectly serviceable vehicles? Has to be, as you don't have the emissions from 1 scrapping the old serviceable vehicles, and 2, making the batteries and everything else required in production of new vehicles. From my point of view, it makes much more sense to keep combustion engines but simply use clean Algae petrol and diesel in them.

  • @Efflorescentey
    @Efflorescentey6 жыл бұрын

    Virgin Australia put out the call to find a company that could provide them with biofuel for their jets. They actively searched and found a source which wasn't easy with the amount that they need. How cool :)

  • @pessimisticoptimist97
    @pessimisticoptimist977 жыл бұрын

    US steel is testing it in Ontario and has been for a while, using stack gases to grow algae and then burn them creating a closed cycle

  • @juanantoniovaldirimendez7819
    @juanantoniovaldirimendez78196 жыл бұрын

    Great content, totally worth subscribing for.

  • @masterquadbiker
    @masterquadbiker7 жыл бұрын

    So this means internal combustion engines can live on?

  • @jakekaywell5972

    @jakekaywell5972

    5 жыл бұрын

    YES WE CAN STILL DRIVE OUR ICE CARS! I don't want my Studebaker to be regulated to my garage just because of technological progress.

  • @karthiksen2390

    @karthiksen2390

    4 жыл бұрын

    Happiness

  • @axnn1

    @axnn1

    4 жыл бұрын

    I really hope so!!

  • @lollsazz
    @lollsazz7 жыл бұрын

    So many people regurgirating the same: "major oil companies would shut it down". Exactly what are you imagining they would do? Did the coal-mining companies manage to stop the fossil-fuel ones from expanding? The reason we don't have this yet is because it hasn't been scaled up enough; it might be difficult to grow the algae (I've been in the lab *today* trying to get algae to produce more oil), or it might be that small businesses aren't subsidized, and few people or other companies/private persons have invested in them

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    7 жыл бұрын

    Woah woah woah, we don't tolerate that kind of rational, thoughtful discussion here on The Internet. Take that crap... well, somewhere else, i guess. jk. you're absolutely right. There's no massive conspiracy to shutter competitors, some companies fight against them, but if the public wants them to exist, they'll keep popping up. Certain technologies are inevitable, and biofuel is one of them... it might not be this company, but, like electric cars, once things take root, they will grow like a weed.

  • @lollsazz

    @lollsazz

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Trace :) Yes, I belive, eventually, we'll have a better solution than extraction of fossil fuel. I know oil companies can be quite evil (read the paragraph below this, if you're interested), but yea: there's no conspiracy theory about shutting down competitors, and if the competitors are good, the oil companies might actually rather buy a share in their business and thus support it So, now for some very new information about the evils of oil companies. Today I was at a show where PhD students presented their assignments. One of them worked with an oil company and presented her newest solution to how to extract more oil. What they want to patent and use, is coated silica nanoparticles, which they will pump into the stone that the oil is extracted out off. This will increase the amount of oil they can extract by quite a lot. When this was presented on stage and the host of the show then asked "aren't there some risks to the environment", the answer of the "mastermind" of this plan was to laugh it off and say "I think it's better for me to just go backstage". I guess that many people there didn't quite understand what using nanoparticles involved, as they really liked the idea. To explain the problem: nanoparticles are very hard to contain and clean up, so if they are released into the environment, they can't really be cleaned up well at all. What effect they will have on the environment in the sea is also unknown, although quite a few studies have been done on the toxicity of silica nanoparticles and adverse effects were observed in most cases. To mention though: this nanoparticle idea is not something new, but it's scary that someon would be willing to use such methods of oil extraction when the clean-up is nerly impossible and the envoronmental side-effects can potentially be quite serious. Still no conspiracy to shut down competitors though.

  • @gangstashanksta

    @gangstashanksta

    7 жыл бұрын

    yeah..keep telling yourself that.

  • @lollsazz

    @lollsazz

    7 жыл бұрын

    #RevolutionOrBust And another great example of someone claming something... without any information about HOW the companies would do that

  • @gangstashanksta

    @gangstashanksta

    7 жыл бұрын

    lollsazz 01000110 01010101 01000011 01001011 01011001 01001111 01010101 00100001

  • @frozeneternity93
    @frozeneternity937 жыл бұрын

    I read there was a project to make algae powered buildings with the algae growing in containers for the outside walls.

  • @sanjitrao2761
    @sanjitrao27614 жыл бұрын

    But when you burn the biofuel, doesn't that also release C02 as well? I'm curious on how that'd work.

  • @marcosmaldonado4648
    @marcosmaldonado46487 жыл бұрын

    The things you can do with Algae is incredible I just ordered a pair of shoes made from 100% algae

  • @paulgracey4697
    @paulgracey46977 жыл бұрын

    The history of the suppression of biofuels is an interesting one. Henry Ford was trying to circumvent John D. Rockefeller who at the time had monopolized the fossil oil markets. The break-up of that monopoly did allow Ford to move on to the better fuel economy of the petroleum fuels and the market for alcohol recovered from the folly of prohibition making the farming sector happy. Various government subsidies for "mineral" extraction were and still are to some degree messing with the economics of our oil based economy. Mining in general has never paid the full price for the destruction of land, and often watersheds it causes, while government aid in numerous forms continues to prop up those industries. While these biofuels look good based upon our current engine technologies which developed around the petroleum based fuels, they would probably look even better if we developed our newest transport engines around their best ratio of energy output to sun light input. And therein lies the true efficiency conumdrum. All energy (save nuclear) is solar energy. This biofuel does short circuit the fossil fuel cycle where long periods of storage in the earth gives oil and gas its peculiar concentration which then seems to be "found" and thus confers profitable ownership under a long history of special case legislation. It may or may not be the best way to "Mine" the sun for transport energy. Perhaps directly storing the energy in better batteries with more efficient PV arrays will allow for electric propulsion for everything. The race is on. What a shame. Our laws still stultify much of this development because most entrepeneurs prefer a source they can control all the way to the marketplace and sunlight is so egalitarian that it is everywhere.

  • @musafawundu6718

    @musafawundu6718

    Жыл бұрын

    For the sake of ensuring their enrichment and increasing and sustaining power through the creation of scarcity, the power elites of the world have deliberately decided not to suppress the development of the much objectively better energy and power harnessing sources (nuclear and renewables) and continue to this day to push through with fossil fuels which are scarce, polluting, GHG emitting etc.

  • @supremepartydude
    @supremepartydude3 жыл бұрын

    I was hyped on this stuff in 2006 to the point I bought a diesel car but it has never become what was promised back then.

  • @charlesburrow7730
    @charlesburrow77302 жыл бұрын

    You have to grow it in warm climate and takes 1000's of acres, in fact that is Kauai in the video, wish I still had that job, I enjoyed that job, worked with great people

  • @jakekaywell5972
    @jakekaywell59725 жыл бұрын

    HOORAY! Due to this development, classic cars can still be on the road! I don't want my Studebaker to be regulated to my garage just because of technological progress.

  • @megamanx466
    @megamanx4663 жыл бұрын

    Also, algae is where the Earth gets most of it's oxygen... from in the ocean where the algae could be/is grown. :)

  • @Food4thought1234
    @Food4thought12347 жыл бұрын

    Hey Trace!! Another Great Video!!

  • @OscrSg
    @OscrSg6 жыл бұрын

    this is incredible hope this becomes widely used

  • @Mrs4ever2gether
    @Mrs4ever2gether5 жыл бұрын

    Hello Seeker, I wrote my bachelor thesis about biofuels, so algae are quite interesting for me. On the one hand, the idea seems nice to have a fast and easy growing fuel crop, but on the other hand, I asked myself, how expensive it is, to remove all the water before the oil extraction can take place. Furthermore, the ratio between oil and algae is very small, isn't it? In the conclusion of my thesis, I couldn't decide whether each of the single fuel crops I described, could be THE solution for the alternative energy production and wrote, that a multicultural plantation of different plants would be the best (especially for the biodiversity). What do you think: Do algae have a promising future? Thank you for the informative video! :)

  • @jakekaywell5972

    @jakekaywell5972

    5 жыл бұрын

    I sincerely hope it does. I don't want my Studebaker to be regulated to my garage just because of technological progress.

  • @davehazlebeck7457

    @davehazlebeck7457

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lower cost harvesting and extraction was completed in the initial technology development, scaling up now: www.globalgae.com

  • @OVshyguy
    @OVshyguy7 жыл бұрын

    this is why i dont evever believe in full ev automobiles. you press the oil out and can power a diesel motor with nothing added. you can have algae farms in the desert of say southern California , New Mexico, Arizona and Texas without any major impact on the land. algae farms can also be used vertically in polycarbonate cylinders which can be used in citys. finally there is at least one research program with a algae farm next coal or other fuel power plant and they capture the exhaust and pump and bubble it in to the algae pools. Therefore capturing some of the pollutants before they ever get to the atmosphere. i wish the technology would grow faster then it has been.

  • @barahng

    @barahng

    7 жыл бұрын

    And even better, the genetically modified algae converts CO2 into oxygen as they produce biofuel precursors.

  • @Kiyarose3999

    @Kiyarose3999

    5 жыл бұрын

    200% SMUG No to Gentic Engineering, if we have learned anything about creating a Sustainable future it is use what we already have, whether it is finding Algea with the naturally highest Oil content and working out what nutrients, gasses, temp makes that Algea produce the most Oil. It’s a low tech solution, pls don’t spoil it by high tech technical fixes, and producing GMO Algea that the products from would release GMO into our environment!. We don’t need GMO Algea anyway as we can already make a lot of Oil from the Algea that’s naturally( organic) occurring!

  • @Kiyarose3999

    @Kiyarose3999

    5 жыл бұрын

    kris johnson 100% agree, and to think of the thousands of miles poisoned by fracking to produce an infior fuel, and takes almost half the amount of oil to pump it up and process it. I wonder how much Algea fuel we could produce on that same amount of land. Taking into account the energy needed to drill, pump and process fracked oil?.

  • @Kiyarose3999

    @Kiyarose3999

    5 жыл бұрын

    Re EV we simply don’t have the time or the renewable energy to replace billions of vehicle with EV that also rely on Lithium that is destructive to the environment and requires hazardous chemicals, also it’s non renewable, whereas if we rolled out PBR in every town, village, city and neighbourhood we could make enough clean burning Carbon Negative liquid fuels while also producing other products such as supplements as Algea is high in Omega 3&6. So we could use all the vehicles we already have and by driving with Algea fuel we would be taking Carbon from the atmosphere, instead of pumping it in!. Also if some incentives such as are given to fossil fuel companies was used to kick start the private Algea fuel industry, and used army engineers to help roll out PBR, we could be off Petroleum Vehicle fuels in a 5-10 years!.

  • @chanakadehikumbura7119
    @chanakadehikumbura71194 жыл бұрын

    Can we generate power using algae oils . any exsisting power plant fueled by algae oils ,,,??

  • @rjd6056
    @rjd60567 жыл бұрын

    What algae type dominated the early earth b4 blue green took over? Two questions for possible video: 1) With increasing world ice meltdown will we see an increase in earthquakes & volcanoes due to increase water wt/pressure on tectonic plates? 2) With all this talk about going to Mars why arent we building a staging area on the moon where we could supply & launch spacecrafts using less energy? Great channel thx!

  • @shadfurman
    @shadfurman7 жыл бұрын

    I really wish more people understood the carbon cycle, its grade school science complicated but I end up arguing with collage graduates, who claim they care about the environment, on how any plant based global warming gases are not contributing to the environment. Seriously, they are worse than religious zealots, going around yelling SCIENCE, SCIENCE, SCIENCE, with no understanding of how things work, parroting science studies with no understanding of the review and duplication process. These problems aren't hard people, but if you start attacking all the solutions and convincing your buddies the solutions are the devil, guess what? Global warming, that's what. You don't need to compete with the oil industry, you only need people to buy your product, that's it.

  • @kropotkln

    @kropotkln

    5 жыл бұрын

    I took biotechnology classes in university where the professor had to actually explain to students why producing and burning biofuel is zero net carbon. You'd think it would be obvious to biology students--people who have literally been (or should have been) studying the intricacies of carbon their entire lives. But no. Some of them needed reminders.

  • @MeetThaNewDealer
    @MeetThaNewDealer7 жыл бұрын

    Only science could save us #ScienceFTW

  • @ericschiffer4849
    @ericschiffer48497 жыл бұрын

    I worked over there had to change a gate valve and made a well for them there so cool

  • @killertortoise1
    @killertortoise17 жыл бұрын

    Can you do a video on the Symbiosis between salamanders and algae and how we could use that

  • @memeswereablessingfromthel3942
    @memeswereablessingfromthel39427 жыл бұрын

    So in 20 years or so i can go to a gas/bioliquid station and just drink it ?

  • @SquareSquidStudios
    @SquareSquidStudios7 жыл бұрын

    I want the bike like generator that produces 24 hours of electricity from 1 hour of peddling.

  • @TheGaijinGamersPlay

    @TheGaijinGamersPlay

    7 жыл бұрын

    dude if that was possible it would be awesome, no need for paying for power anymore especially since 24 hours worth of electricity can easily power a machine that peddles for you, basically making more electricity than it uses up

  • @WayneJohnsonZastil

    @WayneJohnsonZastil

    7 жыл бұрын

    Not possible else auto power the bike to pedal for you for 1 hr for 24hr electric?

  • @nadkudo1798
    @nadkudo17987 жыл бұрын

    I would love a more in depth video about this... Looks pretty interesting.

  • @anweshpeddineni5802

    @anweshpeddineni5802

    7 жыл бұрын

    Nad Kudo ExxonMobil has invested 600million$ in these algae biofuels. They are going to get it in to market with in a decade! In a decade if this happens IC Engines will be more sustainable than EV'S

  • @jessebrar2616
    @jessebrar26167 жыл бұрын

    Hi Dnews In Sikhism people say that Everything is growing or moving further Even stones What do you think about the stones? Can you please say something on that?

  • @2kalabacha
    @2kalabacha7 жыл бұрын

    Talking about global warming and not mentioning animal agriculture is like talking about the best actors and not mentioning Leonardo Dicaprio.

  • @TraceDominguez

    @TraceDominguez

    7 жыл бұрын

    talking about turning plants into biofuels and bringing up agriculture is like starting a sentence with an argument and wanna go ride bikes?

  • @Brandon_letsgo

    @Brandon_letsgo

    7 жыл бұрын

    Biofuels are scam. The power density is almost zero. Look at ethanol scam....billions in subsides. Biofuels makes food more expensive while providing only one half 1 percent of world's energy.

  • @barahng

    @barahng

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ironic you mention DiCaprio, considering he lectures us all about living carbon neutral lifestyles while jet setting around on his private plane and yachts and drinking imported wine.

  • @Michael-qv1vb
    @Michael-qv1vb5 жыл бұрын

    Sounds cool. I need one of these things attached to my toilet so I can power my house.

  • @joesmith2398
    @joesmith23987 жыл бұрын

    I seen a thing on the History Channel where they were making oil out of algae in the middle of the desert in Nevada or Arizona I can't remember which one but I haven't heard anything about it since and it's been years ago maybe the oil companies already shut it down yes we need to get off oil and start making alternate fuel source

  • @lemus2cents491
    @lemus2cents4917 жыл бұрын

    I am down with this !! where can I buy some of this ?

  • @Delightful_Addition
    @Delightful_Addition7 жыл бұрын

    Rest in peace - the fossil fuel industry. Hopefully.

  • @ariqkamil571

    @ariqkamil571

    5 жыл бұрын

    We still need plastic

  • @alina24499
    @alina244997 жыл бұрын

    global warming and hunger can also be stopped by gettin vegan. just sayin.

  • @IIHaZe

    @IIHaZe

    7 жыл бұрын

    It can also stop the reproduction of retards as well.

  • @dmand2353

    @dmand2353

    7 жыл бұрын

    True but I fear people are wayyy to stubborn.

  • @PinkProgram

    @PinkProgram

    7 жыл бұрын

    In order to feed humans on a vegan diet with current methods you would need to deforest half of the planet. Symbiotic Aquaculture works much better.

  • @dmand2353

    @dmand2353

    7 жыл бұрын

    Pink Program Not true at all we feed a disproportionate amount of plant foods to animals, relative to what they yield to humans in the form of food.

  • @dmand2353

    @dmand2353

    7 жыл бұрын

    I will agree how ever aquaponics works very well!

  • @enkidu001
    @enkidu0012 жыл бұрын

    do you know what s new in this area? Thanks

  • @tmarti69
    @tmarti697 жыл бұрын

    Another question is does it partially desalinate? Could it bring down the cost of desalinization, and could desalinization bring down the cost of algae oil? Both have the goal of taking up minerals in the water.

  • @abmong
    @abmong7 жыл бұрын

    I'll happily eat algae food produce, but we need to come up with tasty recipes for it. If they're not already doing this maybe they could make sheets out of algae like nori and use it as a nori alternative in making sushi. Or crispy algae garnish like crispy seaweed.

  • @Moyopheus
    @Moyopheus2 жыл бұрын

    @Seeker is Monday when you drop videos?

  • @NekoYuki
    @NekoYuki6 жыл бұрын

    Algae can also be used as an excellent food source if you have the right kinds. particularly seaweed. That's 2 things algae can do for us.

  • @garretttaylor6437
    @garretttaylor64375 жыл бұрын

    Dos anyone know if it's only biodiesel being produced but no ethanol?

  • @JaseboMonkeyRex
    @JaseboMonkeyRex6 жыл бұрын

    This sounds great. But I'm curious about the EROEI ratios. Fossil fuel Gasoline has 45 megajoules / kg . How much energy does a kg of gasoline from algae contain and how much energy is required to get it? If there has been a major break through here then this is something to get really excited about....

  • @javierrodriguez2863
    @javierrodriguez286311 ай бұрын

    Also implemented on organic concrete would work wonders!

  • @wearemilesfromnowhere4630
    @wearemilesfromnowhere46306 жыл бұрын

    I grow my own to feed enough to supplement over 1000 chickens every day year round. Amazing stuff.

  • @brainstormsurge154
    @brainstormsurge1547 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of when farmers thought that peanuts were only useful as pig feed. Then George Washington Carver came and showed them that they could have many uses while revolutionizing modern agriculture.

  • @CUBETechie
    @CUBETechie6 жыл бұрын

    In Powerplants we use also Biogas, coal and dumpburning. Could we Filter the CO2 and CO trough a pipe filled with algae and sunlight with the CO2 we get oxygen and the algae transform it into sugar and Oxygen.

  • @danielnarducci3273
    @danielnarducci32737 жыл бұрын

    I would love to see this on d new plus more part of the application

  • @jefkoele-wijn8872
    @jefkoele-wijn88726 жыл бұрын

    I hope it will be used as fuel by many and I'd eat algea here and there, I actually have been wanting to try some for a while but I don't know where to buy them

  • @vidyashreek6691
    @vidyashreek66916 жыл бұрын

    Nice video am from India and am an engg student am going to do seminar n this algae fules and gases can u help me for some journals which is related to this can u send me plz

  • @supercc4170
    @supercc41705 жыл бұрын

    I'm starting to gather research on what I'm about to ask, but why aren't we doing this with the red tide blooming in Florida? My state uses so much oil especially in hospitals. Wouldn't it diminish the amount of red tide?

  • @Spartiateism
    @Spartiateism6 жыл бұрын

    Currently working on these algae ...

  • @biofago
    @biofago3 жыл бұрын

    I miss this format so much

  • @jorgecumba7248
    @jorgecumba72487 жыл бұрын

    where do i go to invest???

  • @mmenjic
    @mmenjic2 жыл бұрын

    DNEWS again on Seeker !!

  • @aaronalienseeker801
    @aaronalienseeker8012 жыл бұрын

    No lie I came across this video because I typed it in as an idea that came to my head... Glad it wasn't a crazy assumption 😂💡

  • @PsoriasisChannel
    @PsoriasisChannel7 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video !

  • @sandrawong6787
    @sandrawong67872 жыл бұрын

    You guys,we need a globalised network of biofuel plants If we can somehow extract carbon from the atmosphere, we could supply these plants with carbon and provide energy for its surrounding area

  • @moustachers5309
    @moustachers53097 жыл бұрын

    That's so wierd, I thought about this last week xD and now i see it on a video

  • @ashishagarwal495

    @ashishagarwal495

    7 жыл бұрын

    well same things happens with me

  • @KamiltheCamel
    @KamiltheCamel7 жыл бұрын

    This is super cool

  • @thedrawingmuffins
    @thedrawingmuffins7 жыл бұрын

    Yay, they finally talked about this.

  • @itsmemilli4758
    @itsmemilli47587 жыл бұрын

    discovery news...what happens if we donate any organ in a body like kidney while ...will the only kidney can take up the functions ..anythings happens or nothing differs

  • @jaykim1075
    @jaykim10757 жыл бұрын

    what is this company called?

  • @danielledorchester9739
    @danielledorchester97397 жыл бұрын

    Soylent uses Algal oil.... although I enjoy food too much at this point to switch to soylent anytime soon.

  • @zeroangelmk1

    @zeroangelmk1

    7 жыл бұрын

    They should switch to using high-energy plankton

  • @j_gnzz
    @j_gnzz7 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe we're not using this yet

  • @christopheb9221
    @christopheb92215 жыл бұрын

    Find the algae that can collect the most carbon and then use it as storage so pump the algae into old emptied oil fields also could pump to bottom of the ocean and settle with and evenly covered by sediment.

  • @robertmclennan5310
    @robertmclennan53106 жыл бұрын

    There was a plan to use the algae from Lake Okeechobee Florida to make Bio-Fuel but was stopped because of Big Oil!

  • @TheAutoChannel
    @TheAutoChannel5 жыл бұрын

    All internal combustion engines can safely and economically use E15, regardless of age. This is proven by Brazil's decades long use of E15, E25, and now E27. They have the same engines as those available in the U.S. In addition, E15 to E30 was used throughout Great Britain from the 1920's to the 1970's. This is also true of other countries such as France and Germany. My 600+ page book "THE ETHANOL PAPERS" has just been published and it's free to read on @t website.

  • @evangibney4846
    @evangibney48467 жыл бұрын

    If the end product is oil identical to conventional means of production how will this decrease the pollution caused from burning the biofuel? Wouldn't it pollute similar to our current fuel?

  • @jakekaywell5972

    @jakekaywell5972

    5 жыл бұрын

    No. It's a carbon neutral production method. No additional pollutants would be released.

  • @__prometheus__
    @__prometheus__7 жыл бұрын

    Must invest in this

  • @Kavriel
    @Kavriel7 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting.

  • @Don-jo8gn
    @Don-jo8gn6 жыл бұрын

    Mind Blowing

  • @jakemcintyre9611
    @jakemcintyre96117 жыл бұрын

    ethenol has a higher RON rathing the standard petrol. alot of performance cars run pure ethenol because of the power gains. the down of ethenol is that it has a very short lifespan before it goes stale. when it goes stale it turn into a jelly like substance that pretty much kills your car. Trace, feel free to contact if you dissagree :)

  • @billybrooks9192
    @billybrooks91925 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!😄

  • @robinhyperlord9053
    @robinhyperlord90535 жыл бұрын

    How many KW in a litre?

  • @Netryon
    @Netryon Жыл бұрын

    Maybe you don't realize if you completed manufacturing cycle and exited facility door after ten years. Perfect place to make your bicycle road.

  • @brayanguzman7915
    @brayanguzman79157 жыл бұрын

    This video made me Happy.

  • @Axecapoeiracomoxvalley
    @Axecapoeiracomoxvalley6 жыл бұрын

    You don’t have to grow a field of corn for ethanol. There already exists enough corn bi-product to produce it

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