Researchers Pooh-Pooh Algae-Based Biofuel

Julie188 writes "Researchers from the University of Virginia have found that current algae biofuel production methods consume more energy, have higher greenhouse gas emissions and use more water than other biofuel sources, such as switchgrass, canola and corn. The researchers suggest these problems can be overcome by situating algae production ponds behind wastewater treatment facilities to capture phosphorous and nitrogen — essential algae nutrients that otherwise need to come from petroleum."

Poo-poo ?

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Melchett: Is this true Blackadder? Did Capt. Darling poo-poo you?
Blackadder: Well, perhaps a little.
Melchett: Well then damn it all what more evidence do you need? The poo-pooing alone is a court martial offense!
Blackadder: I can assure you, sir, that the poo-pooing was purely circumstantial.
Melchett: Well I hope so, ...Blackadder, you know, if there's one thing I've learned from being in the army, it's never ignore a poo-poo. I knew a major, got poo-pood made the mistake of ignoring the poo-poo. He poo-pood it: Fatal error. Becuase it turned out all along that the soldier who poo-pood him had been poo-pooing alot of other officers who poo-pood their poo-poos. In the end we had to disband the regiment. Morale totally destroyed.....................by poo-poo.

Re:Reserachers?

[GrosTuba]

Reserachers?
I bet they are craptacualr [penny-arcade.com]...

Pooh vs Poo

[igadget78]

At least they didn't poo-poo the algae.

Also

[killmenow]

Christopher Robin was unavailable for comment.

Re:Reserachers?

[Stavr0]

Timothy, please spell check your title.

Oh, bother.

Re:People don't realise this...

[AP31R0N]

[Citation Needed]
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quick

[commodoresloat]

someone inform Cheney of the news

Re:Energy is conserved by law of physics

[Hognoxious]

I'm not worried about living next to a nuclear power plant. I grew up right near one... Just a mile or two outside of town. Of course I'm not the average American, so I can see your point...

I'm not being judgmental against you here, but it's true that one head, two eyes is the norm.

Re:Energy is conserved by law of physics

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh yeah? Well you know what nuclear power plants emit? Water vapor. The silent killer.

Haven't you seen the BP ads?

[BetterSense]

He's not the only one that failed chemistry. BP is now selling gasoline that is "fortified with the power of Nitrogen". Seriously. I hear it has what plants crave.

Re:Energy is conserved by law of physics

[SixFactor]

I used to work there. Good people.

Re:People don't realise this...

[couchslug]

"but arable farming uses an unholy amount of petrochemicals. "

Begging the question of what is a "holy" amount of petrochemicals....

Re:And ecologically dangerous too

[scottv67]

>Financial pressure would inevitably produce a nice robust algae that produced biofuel that needed minimal or no refinement. In other words, you'd have an organic self-replicating oil producing machine.

Take this, accidentally let samples escape into ocean. See ocean die. Die. Die. Die.

I have a simple solution that involves algae-eating lizards, Chinese needle snakes and gorillas.