Biodiesel from Algae

Another mind boggling discovery of biotechnology…BIODIESEL from ALGAE!!!

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

Biodiesel from Soy Bean?

As I was reading regarding GMOF (Genetically Modified Organism & Food), I came across an article about “Biodiesel made of Soy Bean Oil”.

Through biotechnology which produces GMOF soy beans, there are still plenty of soy bean for meeting the demands of food production. But the surplus needed to be utilized. That’s why the soybean checks off helped develop the U.S. biodiesel industry through research funding to find new uses for soybean oil. One of those uses was soy biodiesel. Over time, the industry grew and provided great new opportunities for all soy bean farmers, not to mention increased energy security and environmental benefits for us all. This will boost the demand for soybeans, but not at the risk of sacrificing food use.

In reality, food production is still the number one use for soybean oil worldwide.Let’s not forget the other major component of soybeans – soy bean foods!!

Soy Bean Milk

Bean curd

Tofu

Soy Bean Pasta






Soy Bean & Sesame Ice Cream

BIG BANG!!!
SOY BEAN is recently made into ….

Which runs…

How environment friendly…Don’t you think so?
This proves the power of biotechnology!