algae biofuel co2 Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:47:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Algae Biofuel Produces 4 Times More CO2 Than Regular Diesel, Scientist Reveals https://www.greenoptimistic.com/algae-biofuel-co2-footprint-20100729/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/algae-biofuel-co2-footprint-20100729/#respond Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:47:55 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=8848 I don't know why, but each time a biofuel solution rises up from the masses of alternative energy sources, later there are news saying biofuel is still more polluting than fossil fuel. Now it's time for algae biofuels to pass through the test of actual "alga-to-wheel" pollution.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/algae-biofuel-co2-footprint-20100729/feed/ 0 8848 Algae Biofuel Production Emits More CO2 Than Algae Absorb, Says Study https://www.greenoptimistic.com/algae-biofuel-co2-study-20100128/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/algae-biofuel-co2-study-20100128/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:55:09 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6405 Biofuels do their job as a carbon-saver only if they swallow more carbon than they emit. Choosing biofuels with a positive carbon output looks to me like wasted money.

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