Solazyme Unveils Renewable Biodiesel Derived from Algae via Scalable Process First car powered by algal biodiesel to demonstrate real-world driving at Sundance Solazyme, Inc., a synthetic biology company unleashing the power of aquatic microbes to create clean and scalable solutions for biofuel, industrial chemical, and health and wellness markets, today revealed the first ever algae-derived biodiesel fuel (Soladiesel™) to have undergone road testing by successfully powering a factory-standard automobile for long distances under typical driving conditions. The car and fuel will make their public debuts at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, where they are also featured in Fields of Fuel, Josh Tickell’s documentary about renewable fuels. Soladiesel biodiesel is clean, renewable, environmentally sustainable and scalable. Web: solazyme.com Twitter: twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com
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@Desertphile You are labelling all biofuels as such, when in fact there are biofuel sources that get considerably high EROEI. The EROEI of petroleum based fuels has been falling for a long time because all of the sweet, light stuff is being used up. To say that it is a mathematical and physical impossibility is an incorrect assumption.
@BikiniBabe1985 ; if it is me you are asking, the answer is: because biofuel consumes more energy to make than it transports, and it cannot be made fast enough to meet demands due to the laws of thermodynamics. Fuel from algae cannot replace diesel fuel from petroleum— it is a mathematical and physical impossibility. The crooks who claim otherwise hope you are too stupid to know better.
@Desertphile How is it amazingly stupid, you creep?
cool video
You mean “amazingly stupid.”
look for H2 producing Algae or synthetic photosynthesis
Amazing !