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That may work for cars, but not airplanes. And oil is also an important lubricant and plastic feedstock.
by Symmetry 13y ago
That may work for cars, but not airplanes. And oil is also an important lubricant and plastic feedstock.
- VLM 13y agoAnd a feedstock for herbicides, pesticides, (some) fertilizers, or on a meta level above those, its a feedtock for "human food". Of course you could eat the algae straight, or feed it to hogs and then eat hogs, but variety being the spice of life its a perfectly valid alternative tech to turn sunlight into food.