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Article: Algae Enhancing the Market and Going Beyond Energy Alternatives: Delivery May Not Be as Far as Projected.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- June 17, 2009
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It's no secret that world-wide dependency on oil has reached an all time high. Since oil is a finite, non-renewable and heavily relied upon resource, the race to discover viable alternatives is hotter than ever. Still, the promise of an alternative and potentially clean energy source has been slow and steady. New biofuels emerge almost weekly and everything from wind and solar power to corn and soybean oil has been tapped as the next "environmentally-sound" solution (see also Melanie Klausner).
Each known source offers its own set of opportunities and challenges. Wind power is easy to create, but efficiently distributing it over long distances poses problems. ...