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> Burning caloric mass for energy when so much energy is around us is just plain ignorant. No it isn't. What the algae does is exactly it: harness all that "en
by hcarvalhoalves 13y ago
> Burning caloric mass for energy when so much energy is around us is just plain ignorant.
No it isn't. What the algae does is exactly it: harness all that "energy around us", which is scattered around and hard to get, in a more efficient manner.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoBurning the resulting synthetic petroleum is still highly inefficient; you're only going to get 1-5% total efficiency with most of the energy being converted to waste heat. I could see this being used to generate fuel on-site at remote airports or places where its difficult to truck liquid fuel, but electricity is still going to be the way to go. Its just too easy to move it (with HV transmission lines) compared to large amounts of liquid fuel.