Oil from plankton

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:12 am

MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish company claimed on Thursday to have developed a method of breeding plankton and turning the marine plants into oil, providing a potentially inexhaustible source of clean fuel.

Vehicle tests are some time away because the company, Bio Fuel Systems, has not yet tried refining the dark green coloured crude oil phytoplankton turn into, a spokesman said.

Bio Fuel Systems is a wholly Spanish firm, formed this year in eastern Spain after three years of research by scientists and engineers connected with the University of Alicante.

"Bio Fuel Systems has developed a process that converts energy, based on three elements: solar energy, photosynthesis and an electromagnetic field," it said in a press dossier.

"That process allows us to obtain biopetroleum, equivalent to that of fossil origin."

Phytoplankton, like other plants, absorb carbon dioxide as they grow. Scientists have examined the possibility of stimulating growth of the single cell plants as a means of reducing the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.

CO2, liberated by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas, is widely held responsible for global warming.

Bio Fuel Systems said its new fuel would reduce CO2, was free of other contaminants like sulphur dioxide and would be cheaper than fossil oil is now.

"Our system of bioconversion is about 400 times more productive than any other plant-based system producing oil or ethanol," it said, referring to currently available biofuels made from plants like maize or oilseeds.

Bio Fuel Systems is working with scientists at the University of Alicante on the project. It has drawn up industrial plans to make the fuel and says it will be able to start continuous production in 14 to 18 months.

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:28 am

Too good to be true.

Post by **Arlos** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:30 am

The ninja-assassin hit teams from Big Oil are no doubt already dispatched.

-Arlos

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:36 am

Oil companies have our best interest at heart, Arlos. Don't be rediculous.

Post by **Martrae** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:43 am

Poor Plankton...he never gets the crabby patty and now he's going to be turned into oil.

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:44 am

Martrae wrote:Poor Plankton...he never gets the crabby patty and now he's going to be turned into oil.

No blood for oil!

Post by **Martrae** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:46 am

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:52 am

Martrae wrote:h8r

I was siding with Plankton!

Post by **Lueyen** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:59 am

arlos wrote:The ninja-assassin hit teams from Big Oil are no doubt already dispatched.

-Arlos

Your turn for the tin foil hat~

Post by **Gidan** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:46 pm

Gaurantee you Big Oil will do whatever they can to stop anything that will remove their strangle hold on this country.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:08 pm

Lueyen wrote:
arlos wrote:The ninja-assassin hit teams from Big Oil are no doubt already dispatched.

-Arlos

Your turn for the tin foil hat~

eh, if you think the Oil Cartels will just stand by and let nothing happen, you're a bigger retard than I thought

Post by **Arlos** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:12 pm

Actually, Leuyen, I was obviously joking with that comment, but Tikker's right, odds are that big oil will do SOMETHING to either stop them via legal maneuvers or just buy them outright and squash the research. No, not ninja-assassin hit teams.

-Arlos

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:14 pm

look at what they did to steam engines

Captain Insano · Post by **Captain Insano** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:22 pm

And warp drives.

How far can the USS Enterprise go on gas anyways?

I wouldn't put it past the oil companies to have some people waxed if it means keeping their dominion over the planet.

Seriously big oil and the men running it are the most powerful people in the world, even more so than most presidents.

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:28 pm

Maybe the government should be doing something about trilithium crystal warp drives.

Captain Insano · Post by **Captain Insano** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:29 pm

does trilithium come from the middle east?

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:37 pm

From what I hear, Bin Laden has most of it stashed in his beard.

Post by **Lueyen** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:31 pm

arlos wrote:Actually, Leuyen, I was obviously joking with that comment, but Tikker's right, odds are that big oil will do SOMETHING to either stop them via legal maneuvers or just buy them outright and squash the research. No, not ninja-assassin hit teams.

-Arlos

Yea lack of tone and expression ftw. I thought about putting something along the lines off everyone knows their hit squad was made of killer clowns not ninjas, guess I should have gone with my initial urge there.