TED talk -- Energy from floating algae pods

[GaryGary]

Hi,
Thought this was a pretty interesting TED talk:
(broken link removed to http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_trent_energy_from_floating_algae_pods.html)

Gary

 

[begreen]

An interesting side of this technology is that there is nothing from stopping it from being built vertically to work in land based situations that don't have a nearby sea.

 

[Delta-T]

theres an article in the latest Popular Mechanics about an algae facility in New Mexico making crude from algae with a projected cost of ~$85/bbl....not too shabby, and they haven't gone verticle yet....just open ponds...some serious potential for scaling up IMO. good times.