[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: Algae biofuel

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Algae to solve the Pentagon's jet fuel problem

US scientists believe they will soon be able to use algae to produce 
biofuel for the same cost as fossil fuels

Suzanne Goldenberg
Guardian (UK)
February 13, 2010


The brains trust of the Pentagon says it is just months away from 
producing a jet fuel from algae for the same cost as its fossil-fuel 
equivalent.

The claim, which comes from the Defense Advanced Research Projects 
Agency (Darpa) that helped to develop the internet and satellite 
navigation systems, has taken industry insiders by surprise. A cheap, 
low-carbon fuel would not only help the US military, the nation's single 
largest consumer of energy, to wean itself off its oil addiction, but 
would also hold the promise of low-carbon driving and flying for all.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/13/algae-solve-pentagon-fuel-problem

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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