algae
Oil-rich plants such as soy may offer a cleaner energy alternative to diesel fuel. Somehow, these food crops can’t meet all our diesel needs. Research has been made and it was found that farmers couldn’t grow enough oilseed crops to meet worldwide demand.
Fortunately, an unconventional crop could produce 100 times more biodiesel per hectare than either canola or soy. It can thrive in places where other crops can’t grow at all, and it only requires the equivalent of 5 centimeters of rain a year. It’s algae, a small but familiar plant, usually seen as a green scum that forms on ponds or aquarium glass.
Green algae is a cyanobacteria that grows in fresh water. It grows very high density. This cyanobacteria strain produces enormous amounts of fat which is up to 50 percent of its body weight. And while producing oil from soy or canola generally requires a three to five-month growing season, meanwhile some algae are so prolific, over half a batch can be harvested for oil production every day. This algae growth rate is as rapid as double or triple overnight! How amazing!
a solar car which runs using Biodiesel from algae
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