john owens a écrit : > What I would like to know is why these big biodiesel companys in > europe that are sabose to be ahead in the biodiesel industry haven't > started using algae to produce biodiesel. > This is taken from wikipedia biodiesel > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel > /The production of algae to harvest oil for biodiesel has not been > undertaken on a commercial scale, but working feasibility studies have > been conducted to arrive at the above yield estimate. In addition to a > high yield, this solution does not compete with agriculture for food, > requiring neither farmland nor fresh water. /
Maybe because they're linked to indutrial farming ? France is the EU country with the longest seashore. I heard about only one project of methanisation of algaes from the "green tides" (nitrates and phosphorus pollution of coastal waters around Britanny that make amazing and smelly accumulation of green algae every summer) In France for exemple, the government biofuel plan is based only on actual sugar beetroot industry (in North-East France) or petrol raffineries and big colza farming. While this, the same government gave instructions to catch and convict drivers who are using SVO in their diesel car. Cynically because it makes 15 € less tax per average tank fill for State (and one car out of 2 is diesel powered in France), don't care if it's good for Kyoto targets or national commercial balance. Farmers are the only tolerated users if selfconsumption. In facts Biofuels or anything used as a fuel cannot be sold without paying the TIPP (Domestic tax on oil products), excepted if made by big companies, dued to EU rules. have a look on the European Energy Crops Internetwork site : http://www.eeci.net/ i.e : http://www.eeci.net/archive/biobase/B10650.html http://www.eeci.net/archive/biobase/B10649.html about TIPP tax : europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/resources/documents/fuels_*france*_en.pdf frantz outlaw with my old french fries smelling car. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
