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Algae and the oil sands: solution to an eco-disaster?
Posted on May 03, 2008
Most algae-to-biofuel ventures or projects I've seen in the past have been focused on areas in the U.S. south where the warmer climate is favourable to algae growth. Canada, from what I've been told, isn't an ideal place to conduct such projects.Turns out that's more assumption than fact, at least according to the Alberta Research Council and a research consortium looking into CO2-to-algae-to-biofuel processes as a way of cleaning up the oil sands. Most people felt you can't grow algae to any great extent in higher latitudes, but in fact we've demonstrated it's tangibly not true, says John ...
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