Algae BioMass Summit Day 1
Well today was opening day for the Algae BioMass Summit in Denver Colorado. It was an excellent first day strating with a moving address from Senator Mark Udall. Of most interest was the Plenary Session with Jim Lane from the Algae BioMass Organization (ABO) who took on the role of Moderator and on the panel [...]
Harper Dismantles Eco Jobs While Goldman Sachs Invests
Does Goldman Sachs know something that Harper doesn’t? Why would one be investing while the other is doing quite the opposite? Nathan Cullen was a guest today on “On The Coast” a radio show on CBC. The topic today was Bill C-38. Very disturbing, under this bill the 4-6,000 environmental assessments which are done each [...]
Keeping Under 2% Change
The challenge now in moving forward is how do we keep under the 2% climate change projections when the politicians don’t maintain the commitment? The following is the follow up to the last article written by Kelly Rigg of the Huffington Post. In it she outlines what is required to keep us inside the 2% [...]
Shame on Canada – Kyoto
I suspected this moment would arrive, but it still does not lesson my disappointment. Our government talks about the fact that jobs would have been lost and we would loose several billion dollars in the form of carbon transfer payments. All this might be true at this point in time, but the exercise in implementing [...]
Investing in Algae – Part 1 ‘The 10 Year Haul’
Pacific Rim BioEnergy is currently in active fund raising mode and although our technology and the organization of our company has had to cross many hurtles, fund raising may turn out to be one of the biggest hurtles we have to face. You could easily say that money is getting tight and that there are [...]
Is BC’s Biodiesel Mandate a Sham?
Something seems to be very wrong here in this province. I keep searching and searching and searching but I cannot for the life of me find any evidence that BC is importing BioDiesel to achieve its biofuel mandates. These mandates were set up in the early to mid 2000′s by the Campbell Government as a [...]
PNNL: News – Study: Algae could replace 17% of U.S. oil imports
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that water use is much less if algae are grown in the U.S. regions that have the sunniest and most humid climates: the Gulf Coast, the Southeastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes. "Algae has been a hot topic of biofuel discussions recently, but no [...]
Canada vs US Biofuels Industry
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday, (March 30th, 2011), called for a one-third reduction in U.S. oil imports by 2025, reviving a long-elusive goal of reducing America’s dependence on foreign supplies as political unrest rocks the Middle East and gasoline prices rise at home. Even if Obama’s efforts can reduce U.S. demand for foreign [...]
Fermentation or Photosynthesis – Continuation
This is a follow up on a previous post regarding the environmental benefits of Heterotrophic vs. Photoautotrophic Cultures. Before moving ahead with an algae solution, you need to make a determination as to what would be the best process to culture algae. This determination not only requires an understanding for its environmental consequences, but more [...]
The Economics of Biofuels (Update)
Note: This is an update from an earlier post. The earlier post outlined the concepts but did not have any specific details. This post utilizes current figures and displays the economic principals based on those current figures. Wholesale Price Projections The projected future cost advantages of ethanol and bio-diesel could potentially save Canadian consumers $2.5 [...]
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