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Algae can be food stock for aquaculture, it can be composted, it can be turned into bioplastics and thrown down a bore hole, etc...
by jszymborski 2y ago
Algae can be food stock for aquaculture, it can be composted, it can be turned into bioplastics and thrown down a bore hole, etc...
- solardev 2y agoSure, but those aren't free, either from a carbon standpoint or energy inputs or plastics pollution. A solar module, once made, emits no carbon for decades, and can just sit in a landfill (at worst) or have parts recycled (if possible). Algae doesn't live that long and will require a constant stream of waste processing, meaning (probably) fossil fuel trucks and energy intensive industrial processes. But the algae might be useful in developing countries without solar cell production or import capabilities, if they can scale it up. Some sand and water and you can generate electricity, without significant industry? That'd be very useful.