The solution to climate change - ClimateBabes Seaweed farming in the pacific gyri I present to you the solution to climate change. It may be a blunt and contestable statement, but it is less contestable than the statements of those that do not believe in climate change, or think it is minor issue. Seaweed is the solution. "It was shown that the quantity of the carbon absorbed by marine plants was very large. Growing seaweed can be ramped up in no time. What do we need to implement this solution? Seaweeds to Use ZosteraSargassumKelp What is the ultimate goal? To capture as much CO2 from the oceans and athmosphere growing as much seaweed as we can. Potential Yield According to a Japanese study by Masahiro Notoya of the University of Tokyo the yield for the area in the picture (1047 x 1047 km) would be 317,453,854 dry metric tonnes of seaweed absorbing 191.670.251 metric tons of carbon (ref Muraoka 2004). What are the steps? Kelp is massive Links Where do I start? If you want to contribute, support or participate send us a message here.
Red Seaweed Could Be the Next Biofuel Super-Crop – CleanTechnica: Cleantech innovation news and views Agriculture Published on December 20th, 2010 | by Tina Casey Red is about to become the new green, if researchers from the University of Illinois are on the right track. They’ve developed a new super-efficient strain of yeast that can easily break down red seaweed into biofuel. The new development could help small island nations and other sea-bound regions grow biofuel crops without giving up scarce land resources that are needed to grow food. Biofuel from Red Seaweed When it comes to extracting fuel from non-food biomass, seaweed has general advantages over land crops. Biofuels Beyond Red Seaweed If the new process proves commercially viable, that might open up a can of worms for the marine environment. Image (altered): Red seaweed by derekkeats on flickr.com. Tags: red seaweed, university of illinoise, yeast About the Author Tina Casey Tina Casey specializes in military and corporate sustainability, advanced technology, emerging materials, biofuels, and water and wastewater issues.
Seaweed cure for coal-fired power CALLS to provide full compensation to coal-fired energy utilities from the emissions trading scheme are probably based on the premise that there is little or nothing they can do to reduce their emissions. But that may not be the case. Private Melbourne company MBD Energy is about to introduce technology that allows algae to capture half or more of the greenhouse gases emitted by a power station, at virtually no cost to the utility. What's more, MBD stands to make a small fortune from the algae by-products: fuel, plastics and meal for livestock. Managing director Andrew Lawson says testing at James Cook University in Townsville suggests for every two tonnes of carbon captured, the MBD technology can produce almost 1 tonne of algae, of which one-third can be made into oil products and two-thirds into meal. The significance of this should not be underestimated. A walk on the wild side Its largest shareholder is the Singapore renewable energy investor Pure Power with 19.9 per cent.
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