Comments on: A Look at the Algae Biofuel Companies From An Insider http://greenenergytrends.com/stream/a-look-at-the-algae-biofuel-companies-from-an-insider-128.html Free flowing thoughts on the lastest in green energy trends Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:23:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Gary http://greenenergytrends.com/stream/a-look-at-the-algae-biofuel-companies-from-an-insider-128.html/comment-page-1#comment-201 Gary Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:00:32 +0000 http://greenenergytrends.com/stream/a-look-at-the-algae-biofuel-companies-from-an-insider-128.html#comment-201 Coming from sunny Australia which has abundant land and is surrounded by water it is incredible that more 'renewable' and  'clean'energy is not used here more. Algae biofuel makes so much sense.... Garys last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gobluray/~3/336990042/" rel="nofollow">Apple Refuses to Supply Operating System</a> Coming from sunny Australia which has abundant land and is surrounded by water it is incredible that more ‘renewable’ and  ‘clean’energy is not used here more. Algae biofuel makes so much sense….

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]]> By: Anton Human http://greenenergytrends.com/stream/a-look-at-the-algae-biofuel-companies-from-an-insider-128.html/comment-page-1#comment-193 Anton Human Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:39:30 +0000 http://greenenergytrends.com/stream/a-look-at-the-algae-biofuel-companies-from-an-insider-128.html#comment-193 Hi All.   I live in the RSA and will soon do algal fuel in Mozambique on land at 18°21" 00",50 S and 33°21'17,00 E. Prevailing ambient temperatures are +6 to 38°C, at an altitude of 500m and by road 300 Km from the port city of Beira. Frost is a very rare occasion in Mozambique   BUT - re. the production of algal fuel and poverty relieving:   I wrote a small page for someone and include it if you should like to post it somewhere.   Can one remain as ignorant!   Africa is classed as 3rd world. This goes for South Africa as well........... it's your choice but I live here for 59 years.   I have seen good and ugly. I Drive 600 km through Zimbabwe to Mozambique and 150km into Mozambique and back every month.   So concerning the witnessing of poverty, especially in Zimbabwe I reckon I have a good idea what is up and except for Botswana and in SA, the whole Southern African region's poverty level is not good.   Increasing basic food prices is not beneficial to the situation as well.   There are very little dwellings in sub Saharan Africa without chickens; this is a basic protein source. Also goats are inexpensive and very popular. Then hogs and cattle to a lesser degree. All produce manure. African peasant farmers do not apply this to any crop fields ........... It can be used as organic fertilizer for algal fuel. Water for this is not in short supply it's that the water is far off from some but those close to water, and that is hundreds of thousands of households can do algae cultivation on small scale and substitute incomes. These people mostly double crop, maize/corn and sorghum and as far as incomes are concerned run on dry for the next six months if they can not gather some wild fruits during the rainy months and this does not occur every where or cultivate greens next to rivers. Again if they do not retain enough corn for the harder months staple food has to be bought.   Malawi has recently subsidized fertilizer for peasant farmers to the amount of 50% of what staple food imports amounted to and is just about independent from maize imports. This principle can apply for algae as well.   The fuel bills of countries in this region are just about insurmountable. Should every feasible household culture a targetable amount of dry algae per annum it is going to have a massive impact on National fuel bills, provide additional income and much animal feed.   Communal open pond systems could be implemented and run by a number of households and under the supervision of the local area/tribal chiefs and deputy chiefs which would increase the production 10 or 20 fold compared to individual attempts.   The temperatures in many of these regions are perfect for such like operations and large scale operations will profit satisfactorily.   This region can supply themselves to abundance and even export.   There are good deep water ports with adjacent land that abounds for algae farms.   If the USA with it's totally unforgiving winter climate can be self sufficient on 39 000 square km of production land, it is unthinkable that there must still be a dependency on fossil fuels in any case, moreover, forcefully being compelled to support communist regimes that coin it from the coffers of peace makers and -keepers.   Algae produces and can double in 24 and produce twenty to fifty thousand US gallons/3,75 L/gallon per hectare per year.   African oil palm requires twelve years to mature and if you are lucky you'll get 4500 Litres per hectare.   Jatropha matures in seven years, has a fat fuss about it and gives embarrassing yields compared to algae.   I do not know the maturing time of Chinese Tallow.   Also can fuel from biomass be produced in these regions.   In order to discourage wild fires, which annually in any case destroy half of the rural land in Mozambique, natural field grass can be harvested and bought from locals at a central station/s, crude oil processed at a mini plant right and bulk oil taken to a central refining point. (Google Earth Mozambique August to October annually for wild fire verification)   It's only a fool who does not change his mind!   Let’s learn a lesson from Sweden and other with their giant steps towards bio self-sufficiency now.   In future many will get to algae as well!   Oil from any thing edible is not going to last. Its bubble is already inflated to the maximum. No agricultural subsidies are in place in South Africa. Methanol from corn is not profitable here or anywhere else without heavy subsidies! It would never have been as well!   Apply the methanol-from-corn subsidies to green diesel or for that matter any fuel from algae including aviation kerosene and send the Arabs marching within a very short space of time.   No fuel from edibles is allowed in Africa!   That’s the way to go!   At least one matter sub-Saharan African Governments got right!   One must have your head read in any case if you could produce 20 or 80 times more algal oil on a given area and you still continue producing 50 or 150 Us gallons per Acre/Ha whatever from grain!   If its not practical I do not invest any energy to even contemplate upon any matter but algae is the saviour of our planet, our economies, will force fair fossil prices upon the present coiners, empower the extremely poor, avert major global conflicts, get the Russians, Venezuela and other off their heels and back onto their backsides, bring some sort of peace back to earth.   It is the greatest thing that could have happened to the righteous, any present fossil oil fat cat that is worth any salt must be trembling!    Go for green!!   Take care!       Anton Human in South Africa.         Microwave Towers Africa Tel/Fax: +27 13 245 1276 e-mail:  microwav@mweb.co.za Hi All.
 
I live in the RSA and will soon do algal fuel in Mozambique on land at 18°21″ 00″,50 S and 33°21′17,00 E. Prevailing ambient temperatures are +6 to 38°C, at an altitude of 500m and by road 300 Km from the port city of Beira. Frost is a very rare occasion in Mozambique
 
BUT – re. the production of algal fuel and poverty relieving:
 
I wrote a small page for someone and include it if you should like to post it somewhere.
 
Can one remain as ignorant!
 
Africa is classed as 3rd world. This goes for South Africa as well……….. it’s your choice but I live here for 59 years.
 
I have seen good and ugly. I Drive 600 km through Zimbabwe to Mozambique and 150km into Mozambique and back every month.
 
So concerning the witnessing of poverty, especially in Zimbabwe I reckon I have a good idea what is up and except for Botswana and in SA, the whole Southern African region’s poverty level is not good.
 
Increasing basic food prices is not beneficial to the situation as well.
 
There are very little dwellings in sub Saharan Africa without chickens; this is a basic protein source. Also goats are inexpensive and very popular. Then hogs and cattle to a lesser degree. All produce manure. African peasant farmers do not apply this to any crop fields ……….. It can be used as organic fertilizer for algal fuel. Water for this is not in short supply it’s that the water is far off from some but those close to water, and that is hundreds of thousands of households can do algae cultivation on small scale and substitute incomes. These people mostly double crop, maize/corn and sorghum and as far as incomes are concerned run on dry for the next six months if they can not gather some wild fruits during the rainy months and this does not occur every where or cultivate greens next to rivers. Again if they do not retain enough corn for the harder months staple food has to be bought.
 
Malawi has recently subsidized fertilizer for peasant farmers to the amount of 50% of what staple food imports amounted to and is just about independent from maize imports. This principle can apply for algae as well.
 
The fuel bills of countries in this region are just about insurmountable. Should every feasible household culture a targetable amount of dry algae per annum it is going to have a massive impact on National fuel bills, provide additional income and much animal feed.
 
Communal open pond systems could be implemented and run by a number of households and under the supervision of the local area/tribal chiefs and deputy chiefs which would increase the production 10 or 20 fold compared to individual attempts.
 
The temperatures in many of these regions are perfect for such like operations and large scale operations will profit satisfactorily.
 
This region can supply themselves to abundance and even export.
 
There are good deep water ports with adjacent land that abounds for algae farms.
 
If the USA with it’s totally unforgiving winter climate can be self sufficient on 39 000 square km of production land, it is unthinkable that there must still be a dependency on fossil fuels in any case, moreover, forcefully being compelled to support
communist regimes that coin it from the coffers of peace makers and -keepers.
 
Algae produces and can double in 24 and produce twenty to fifty thousand US gallons/3,75 L/gallon per hectare per year.
 
African oil palm requires twelve years to mature and if you are lucky you’ll get 4500 Litres per hectare.
 
Jatropha matures in seven years, has a fat fuss about it and gives embarrassing yields compared to algae.
 
I do not know the maturing time of Chinese Tallow.
 
Also can fuel from biomass be produced in these regions.
 
In order to discourage wild fires, which annually in any case destroy half of the rural land in Mozambique, natural field grass can be harvested and bought from locals at a central station/s, crude oil processed at a mini plant right and bulk oil taken to a central refining point. (Google Earth Mozambique August to October annually for wild fire verification)
 
It’s only a fool who does not change his mind!
 
Let’s learn a lesson from Sweden and other with their giant steps towards bio self-sufficiency now.
 
In future many will get to algae as well!
 
Oil from any thing edible is not going to last. Its bubble is already inflated to the maximum. No agricultural subsidies are in place in South Africa. Methanol from corn is not profitable here or anywhere else without heavy subsidies! It would never have been as well!
 
Apply the methanol-from-corn subsidies to green diesel or for that matter any fuel from algae including aviation kerosene and send the Arabs marching within a very short space of time.
 
No fuel from edibles is allowed in Africa!
 
That’s the way to go!
 
At least one matter sub-Saharan African Governments got right!
 
One must have your head read in any case if you could produce 20 or 80 times more algal oil on a given area and you still continue producing 50 or 150 Us gallons per Acre/Ha whatever from grain!
 
If its not practical I do not invest any energy to even contemplate upon any matter but algae is the saviour of our planet, our economies, will force fair fossil prices upon the present coiners, empower the extremely poor, avert major global conflicts, get the Russians, Venezuela and other off their heels and back onto their backsides, bring some sort of peace back to earth.
 
It is the greatest thing that could have happened to the righteous, any present fossil oil fat cat that is worth any salt must be trembling! 
 
Go for green!!
 
Take care!
 
 
 
Anton Human in South Africa.
 
 
 
 
Microwave Towers Africa
Tel/Fax: +27 13 245 1276
e-mail:  microwav@mweb.co.za

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