Submission + - Major Changes? Then What?
Cycloid Torus writes: Concerned about climate change, I have been paying more attention to alternative fuels (algae biofuel, etc). Recent announcement from Algenol indicates $1.27 @ gallon is possible ( http://www.algenolbiofuels.com... ) with yields about 8,000 gallons per acre. Current US fuel consumption is roughly 283 billion gallons. Back of the envelope indicates that production at level similar to Algenol can supply the US requirement with the conversion of a desert the size of the Mojave into algae farm.
So what happens as this happens? I can see a major impact on fossil fuel exploration and extraction, but what else is going to get wrung through the wringer — or float to the top? Does moving desert into productive agriculture change the game?
So what happens as this happens? I can see a major impact on fossil fuel exploration and extraction, but what else is going to get wrung through the wringer — or float to the top? Does moving desert into productive agriculture change the game?