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PhishPhood · 03-27-2008, 04:18 PM

The good thing about all these start-ups is that they can all be localized. There is no need for a central refinery in say Newark or Wilmington or Corpus Christie. Every town and city and municipality can have it's own production facility possibly in conjunction with a waste water treatment facility. The problem of distribution is solved. The possible benefit of income generation for a municpality would solve a lot of problems of NIMBY. 'Oh BTW this new plant in our town will allow us to lower your fuel bills and lower your property taxes.' DING!!

The fact that it can be produced underground allows for year-round production in Maine, Minn, N & S Dakota, etc. In addition, places like Colorado with limited pastureland can produce for its citizenry deep in the mountains. RAnchers and farmers in Montana and Iowa can 'double dip'. Grow corn and cattle above ground, grow algae below ground.

Methinks that there is a ton of money to be made by anyone willing to take the first step.

OTOH the widely diverse nature of the various processes works against the centralization of the big oil companies. How do you control things when 150,000 individuals and villages/towns are making their own fuel. Then there are innovative companies such as Google, GE, GM, etc who could make their own fuel for their own use and that of their employees.

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PhishPhood 7.0 Liter LS7 V8 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Further on up the road.. Posts: 4,628	Re: 730 days and counting: diesel from algae in your tank The good thing about all these start-ups is that they can all be localized. There is no need for a central refinery in say Newark or Wilmington or Corpus Christie. Every town and city and municipality can have it's own production facility possibly in conjunction with a waste water treatment facility. The problem of distribution is solved. The possible benefit of income generation for a municpality would solve a lot of problems of NIMBY. 'Oh BTW this new plant in our town will allow us to lower your fuel bills and lower your property taxes.' DING!! The fact that it can be produced underground allows for year-round production in Maine, Minn, N & S Dakota, etc. In addition, places like Colorado with limited pastureland can produce for its citizenry deep in the mountains. RAnchers and farmers in Montana and Iowa can 'double dip'. Grow corn and cattle above ground, grow algae below ground. Methinks that there is a ton of money to be made by anyone willing to take the first step. OTOH the widely diverse nature of the various processes works against the centralization of the big oil companies. How do you control things when 150,000 individuals and villages/towns are making their own fuel. Then there are innovative companies such as Google, GE, GM, etc who could make their own fuel for their own use and that of their employees.