jaqphule (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I first heard about this kind of system in 1994, and I gathered it was not new then, either.I was very excited at first, but the problem is that the initial costs are huge. No one has figured out how to mass-productionalize this kind of a system.In that, it's kind of like solar. You can use solar to power your house (I'm going to work on this myself), but it's a quite expensive initial investment. Going grand scale requires federal funds because it's simply not economical.

cnove138 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

While this is a very genius way of growing algae. The problem though is 2 fold. One, they do not talk about the cost of nutritants they need to constantly keep the system running. 2nd there are some very real limitations on biofuel and where it can be used due to its relatively high freeze point (I think its around 25F). That said the transportation industry could benefit from this (Jet fuel was not a bad idea).

Kidrio (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Thanks, I fixed it.

SyncopatedRhythms (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

And also, the correct spelling is "algae"

Kidrio (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I have no idea, I guess more people need to know about it.

SyncopatedRhythms (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Very interesting! Why is this not catching on more?