| As known as Oilgae as well, is being considered to | | | | amounts of CO2 and N2O available in the |
| be the third generation biofuel. Its production is | | | | atmosphere( 40% in a course of full day and |
| low cost and high yield, almost 30 times more | | | | 80% in sunny days) and an acre of algae can |
| energy production per acre as compared to the | | | | produce enough oil to make 5,000 gallons of |
| land required by other conventional feedstock to | | | | biodiesel in a year. |
| produce biofuels. At present researches are being | | | | According to my point of view biodiesel and bio |
| conducted by Alga culture (farming Algae) to | | | | ethanol from rapeseed and corn is not only adding |
| produce different fuels to harvest for making | | | | to global warming but economically it cannot be |
| vegetable oil, biodiesel, bioethanol, biomethanol, | | | | sustainable because its one of the main sources |
| biobutanol and other biofuels and it seems if the | | | | of edible oil. Ethanol demand can threaten the |
| methodology is sustainable than other available | | | | food prices. A recent study conducted by Center |
| biofuels then using algae to produce bio diesel | | | | for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa |
| would be the only viable method to replace the | | | | State University reveled that considering the |
| need of gasoline used for automotive today. | | | | high-price crude oil scenario, U.S. ethanol production |
| Biofuels are considered to be the best way to | | | | could reach 30 billion gallons by 2016, consuming |
| reduce green house gas emissions and alternate | | | | more than half of U.S. corn, wheat and other |
| to the pollutant fossil fuels. But recently, according | | | | coarse grain production and triggering higher meat |
| to Nobel Laureate Paul Cortzen findings, some of | | | | prices for consumers, reduced production |
| the most commonly used biofuels Bioethanol from | | | | across-the-board for all segments of the meat |
| corn and bio diesel from rapeseed releases Nitrous | | | | sector, and even greater reductions in grain and |
| Oxide (N2O) is contributing much more to the | | | | meat exports. Taking in review the sustainability |
| global warming than the fossil fuels are | | | | and economic factor biofuel from Alga culture |
| contributing right now. Processing of biofuel form | | | | seems to be most promising fuel for future. |
| algae has been tested that it captures large | | | | |