
Michael H. Standart
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From the Chevron Website:
Chevron and National Renewable Energy Laboratory to Collaborate on Research to Produce Transportation Fuels Using Algae
Comment: With all the sound and fury about the environment and alternative fuels, this could make for a lively and interesting thread. Argueably, some of the concerns may be overblown, but they're not without justification either. The oil may not run out in our lifetimes but it's still a finite resource. If we mean to use liquid fuels, we'll need to be able to make it faster then mother nature can.
From the Chevron Website:
Chevron and National Renewable Energy Laboratory to Collaborate on Research to Produce Transportation Fuels Using Algae
Full story at http://www.chevron.com/news/press/release/?id=2007-10-31quote:
SAN RAMON, Calif., Oct. 31, 2007 - Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced today that they have entered into a collaborative research and development agreement to study and advance technology to produce liquid transportation fuels using algae.
Chevron and NREL scientists will collaborate to identify and develop algae strains that can be economically harvested and processed into finished transportation fuels such as jet fuel. Chevron Technology Ventures, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., will fund the initiative.
Comment: With all the sound and fury about the environment and alternative fuels, this could make for a lively and interesting thread. Argueably, some of the concerns may be overblown, but they're not without justification either. The oil may not run out in our lifetimes but it's still a finite resource. If we mean to use liquid fuels, we'll need to be able to make it faster then mother nature can.