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Algae based biofuel is a new energy source that has been getting a lot of attention lately. Certain types of algae contain natural oils that can be readily distilled into a vegetable oil or a number of petroleum like products that could serve as drop in replacements for gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Dunaliella salinais a type of halophile green micro algae especially found in sea salt fields. Interestingly this algae grows bright pink and can produce up to 35% in lipids(oils) that could one day power your car. Luckly for us we have plent of salt water in the world.

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Sapphire Energy, the Sorrento Valley company that’s on a mission to turn algae into the fuel of the future for cars and jets, is on a roll.

And Cynthia “C.J.” Warner who joined the company in 2009 as president and was tapped as CEO this year should know.

Last month, the company completed $144 million in financing from Arrowpoint Partners and Monsanto. Original investors include Bill Gates (Cascade Investment), VenRock (Rockefeller family ventures) and Britain’s Wellcome Trust.

Next month, Sapphire launches its new “green crude farm” in Luna County, N.M., where it will begin to grow multiple acres of algae in open ponds. The goal for the demonstration plant is 100 barrels a day by 2015 and by 2018 a projected 5,000 to 10,000 barrels a day.

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The study was and remains nothing if not controversial, with economists doubting its predictions and decrying the notion of imposing limits on economic growth. Australian researcher  Graham turner has examined its assumptions in great detail during the past several years, and apparently his latest research falls in line with the report’s predictions, according to Smithsonian Magazine. The world is on track for disaster, the magazine says.

The study, initially completed at MIT, relied on several computer models of economic trends and estimated that if things didn’t change much, and humans continued to consume natural resources apace, the world would run out at some point. Oil will peak (some argue it has) before dropping down the other side of the bell curve, yet demand for food and services would only continue to rise. Turner says real-world data from 1970 to 2000 tracks with the study’s draconian predictions: “There is a very clear warning bell being rung here. We are not on a sustainable trajectory,” he tellsSmithsonian.

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Algae may be the future of oil, small single cell’s algae contains as much as 40% oil content. The advantage of this plant over more common plants is its ability to produce thousands of gallons of oil no bigger then a common pool. Here is a video detailing the process of how algae can be turned into a useable oil. One of the leading companys in this field is Solix biosystemsa leading provider large scale cultivation of algae. In 2009, Solix began operating its demonstration plant in southwestern Colorado, successfully scaling it, going from  4000 liter cultivation scale to over 50,000 liters. The facility utilizes produced water and waste CO₂ from coal and gas powered plants, demonstrating the suitability of the Lumian technology to use industrial waste streams. Check out there website of there massive algae bio-reactors

check out my blog for the video of how algae is extracted

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