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To: Vince Ferrer
Being able to produce 16 thousand gallons of algae fuel/acre/year is not going to make any difference unless an area the size of Arizona is going to be converted to ponds.
12 posted on 03/04/2012 11:44:51 PM PST by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: count-your-change

Exactly. Hasn’t anyone done the math on how many vats of algae would be needed and how big they would have to be in order to produce 17% of our energy needs?

I have a hunch that Arizona wouldn’t be large enough to house them—and where would the water come from?


14 posted on 03/05/2012 3:23:19 AM PST by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: count-your-change
This pond might be big enough:


17 posted on 03/05/2012 8:01:09 AM PST by Reeses
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