When you're talking about photosynthesizing all of the CO2 effluent from US power plants, you had better get into the details because in macroengineering little things like, oh, say, phosphorus, can blow up in your face as they saturate existing capacity. So, yeah, the devil is in the details.
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Brad Lowe <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow James, that's a lot of detail. Maybe some of these costs could be > offset by providing the service of algae removal from recreational > lakes? Clear Lake, California could use a cleanup: > https://www.google.com/search?q=clear+lake+algae&source=lnms&tbm=isch > > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 10:07 PM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh, and if you want to really get nasty, ask them if they've done a > > quantitative analysis within an order of magnitude as comprehensive as > this: > > > > http://diogenesinstitute.org/index.php/Fullspreadsheet > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 12:03 AM, James Bowery <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> None of these guys advertise their capex per area. > >> > >> That's the first question you should ask of anyone who claims they've > >> solved the algae problem. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Patrick Ellul <[email protected] > > > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Just linking this company, which claim the same: http://solazyme.com/ > >>> The Fools have been billing it as a money maker: > >>> > http://stockgumshoe.com/reviews/motley-fool-hidden-gems/revealing-the-fools-silicon-valley-oil-superstar-1-company-pulling-profits-out-of-thin-air/ > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:46 PM, James Bowery <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Actually, I was referring to "the world" as companies like Exxon which > >>>> wasted a huge amount of money on algae biofuels. They could have had > what > >>>> they wanted, no genetic engineering or special strains, for under > $10M. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 7:53 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> In reply to James Bowery's message of Thu, 19 Dec 2013 12:55:54 > -0600: > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> [snip] > >>>>> >The biomass production cost problem has been solved. I don't know > >>>>> > when the > >>>>> >world will wake up. > >>>>> > > >>>>> ...when they start producing fuel cheaper than the oil companies. > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> > >>>>> Robin van Spaandonk > >>>>> > >>>>> http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Patrick > >>> > >>> www.tRacePerfect.com > >>> The daily puzzle everyone can finish but not everyone can perfect! > >>> The quickest puzzle ever! > >> > >> > > > >
