Project:Algal biodiesel: Difference between revisions
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Updated UK's biodiesel commitment (they gave themselves 3 more years!)
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Biodiesel production aims to use vegetal or animal oils as a renewable substitute for ordinary diesel. | Biodiesel production aims to use vegetal or animal oils as a renewable substitute for ordinary diesel. The UK is presently committed to deriving at least 5% of all transport diesel from biodiesel by 2013. It has powered jetflight and (when mixed with ordinary diesel) UK trains. It would be interesting to start probing the possibility of homebrew production. | ||
The Hackspace doesn't have a field, so we have to explore algal biofuels. Microalgae are also attractive because they provide much higher yields of biomass and fuels, 10-100 times higher than comparable energy crops, and algae biofuel is non-toxic, contains no sulfur, and is highly biodegradable. | The Hackspace doesn't have a field, so we have to explore algal biofuels. Microalgae are also attractive because they provide much higher yields of biomass and fuels, 10-100 times higher than comparable energy crops, and algae biofuel is non-toxic, contains no sulfur, and is highly biodegradable. | ||
