I agree with Bobby, it's not too difficult to grow algae. However, not many people have extracted algae oil. One possibility is that he could write up his...
I wonder how much has been done with manure that has been tamed down a bit. In another group it was mentioned that some hydroponic growers were happy with the...
New source for biofuels discovered Science Centric | 25 April 2008 22:10 GMT A newly created microbe produces cellulose that can be turned into ethanol and...
Dear Group, I have been reading with great interest every word coming from the group, the suggested readings, etc.. and have to the come conclusion that the...
Dave, We need to learn, using chemical fertilizers, what nutrients our algae needs. Then we can figure how to supply that with manure or compost. I agree with...
FK, A guy in Texas reported that he modified his log splitter to get the oil. Many people think an oil press expeller will work. Bobby ... -- Toward freedom, ...
As usual, thanks Bobby. I'm here to learn. I will say that just by instinct and experience with plants it won't be just chemical fertilizer that will give you...
Linc Energy Ltd, the Australian company developing the Chinchilla Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) to Gas to Liquids (GTL) facility (earlier post and...
Dave, Instinct and guess work will not get us where we need to go. We need to start with the published nutrients for the species we are working with. After we...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_world_food_price_crisis show the nowadays world food price crisis. Part of the problem are the FIRST GENERATION...
Patents: John H Leinhard offers a nice commentary on the relationship between invention and patent in "How invention begins", Oxford University Press 2006,...
I've actually heard reports to the contrary regarding the "rice crisis"-a spokesman for rice farmers in California spoke on the radio here and stated that they...
Bobby, I can't agree with you on that one. Instinct can help in setting a direction if it makes sense for people with hands on time. The delivery system and...
Does anyone know of a tabulation -preferably on something like EXCEL - of Algae to Biofuel processes, giving Raw material source Process equipment/type. Space...
OriginOil (other-otc: OOIL - news - people ), which camepublic Friday, is developing a system to transform algae into a commercially viable alternative to...
Form your ideas into solid prior art - published in journals and whatnot, and anyone who tries to patent similar will have to deal with that evidence in court...
Hello everyone, I am Dr. Friendly, aka Dr. Aaron Baum, the organizer of the Shipyard Labs algae workshop. I have been a member here for a while but haven't...
The pan evap rate is a good guide but an algae pond will have a somewhat higher rate due to the algae absorbing the light and putting into the water more...
I just started in this group and am not sure what all has been discussed however, This link: http://www.valcent.net/s/Ecotech.asp?ReportID=182039 or this link:...
Hi All, I'm looking forward to all the information I might glean from other members in here. Hopefully we will be very useful to one another. With the...
Dave, Refining the delivery system is part of learning to farm. Yes, we need to research that. Copper is deadly for algae, but a small amount is required. ...
Arafa, Caution - a lot of these type of stories are scams to get people to invest in a stock. (I have no knowledge of this company - just being cautious.) ...
Graham, "I have some ideas that I think might be worth patenting, to prevent someone else patenting them and restricting their application." That is one of the...
Eric, I like your idea of starting an Open Labs thread and files. Let's do it. We have a wiki. I will check to see if it is still being maintained. Bobby ......