[Terrapreta] algae and oil

[Gerald Van Koeverden]

William,

Be careful of believing anything about the profitability of algae  
cultivation for oil.  Nobody is even close yet.

http://media.cleantech.com/node/1422

Gerrit


On 3-Feb-08, at 3:37 AM, William Carr wrote:

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> On Jan 14, 2008, at 11:53 AM, Tom Miles wrote:
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>> I recently tried to arrange a truckload of charcoal for a field  
>> trial and
>> was told by various suppliers that there was no "excess"  
>> available, which
>> means the prime household market is probably good.
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> There's an article I came across by accident recently.
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> http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080109/0346418.html
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> "Agreement to Locate a Biodiesel Refinery in Coolidge, Arizona
> Wednesday January 9, 8:30 am ET
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> SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 9, 2008 -- PetroSun, Inc. (Other  
> OTC:PSUD.PK -News) announced today that its subsidiary, PetroSun  
> BioFuels Refining, has entered into a joint venture to construct  
> and operate a biodiesel refinery near Coolidge, Arizona. The  
> feedstock for the refinery will be algal oil produced by PetroSun  
> BioFuels at company owned and operated algae farms to be located in  
> Arizona."
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> First, this is wonderful.   They must have finally found their  
> perfect candidate for Algae Oil.   Last I read, there was only  
> about a tablespoon of it in existence.
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> But if they're ready to forge ahead, then they've got a species  
> that will produce by the gallon rather than by the eyedropper.
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> And the OTHER interesting thing?
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> Second, after they press for the oil, they could just burn the  
> algae cake.   Or compost it, or sell it as cattle feed.
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> They'll have metric tonnes of it being harvested regularly.
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> But why not make biochar out of it and sell it as fertilizer +  
> carbon sequestration credits?
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> THEN there'd be tons of biochar on the market at EXACTLY the right  
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> And biochar will be lots lighter to ship than cattle feed pellets  
> or compost.    Plus they won't get criticized for burning it and re- 
> releasing that carbon.
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> I would like about 500 pounds of it.  To start.
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> William Carr
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