On Jun 13, 2009, at 5:04 PM, Mike Carrell wrote:
A note about algae for fuel. Conceptually very appealing, but
managing it on a large scale may have surprises, such a mutation
and vulnerability to parasitic attack, as with the super-hybridized
grain crops. While the organisms may live in sea water, sea water
is rich with nutrients which will have to be supplied, and such is
part of whole which needs consideration.
Mike Carrell
Ideal locations are thus deserts near oceans or the actual salt water
surface. This is well known. The nutrients are thus conveniently
directly supplied by sea water.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
