Green Technology

... "Solix officials estimate that widespread construction of its photo-bioreactor system could meet the demand for the U.S. consumption of diesel fuel - about 4 million barrels a day - by growing algae on less than 0.5 percent of the U.S. land area, which is otherwise unused land adjacent to power plants and ethanol plants. The plants produce excess carbon dioxide, which is necessary to turn algae into oil. In addition to producing biodiesel, the process would prevent a large portion of the greenhouse gases produced by coal-burning power plants from being expelled directly into the atmosphere. " ...

Via Solix Biofuels: COLORADO STATE ENGINES LAB TEAMS WITH SOLIX BIOFUELS INC. TO MASS PRODUCE OIL FROM ALGAE AS DIESEL FUEL ALTERNATIVE