biocrude Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:19:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Algae into Biocrude – The Quick Method https://www.greenoptimistic.com/algae-into-biocrude-the-quick-method-20121101/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/algae-into-biocrude-the-quick-method-20121101/#respond Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:08:00 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=27503 Crude oil reserves around the world were formed millions of years ago as ancient microorganisms, such as algae and plankton, died and sank to the sea floor. Under extreme heat and compression due to sedimentary rock formation, the ancient biomass slowly decomposed anaerobically, resulting in deposits of crude petroleum buried in the strata. Biofuels researchers […]

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