Comments on: Algae Answers the Call http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2007/10/16/algae-answers-the-call/ News and Views for Making and Saving Money in New Energy and Fuel Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:54:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian Westenhaus http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2007/10/16/algae-answers-the-call/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Brian Westenhaus Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:38:54 +0000 http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2007/10/16/algae-answers-the-call/#comment-109 Rob is right. Prof. Briggs' article sets out to show and prognosticate data circa 2004 and this post serves to compare that with the coming blast of news about algae. If you look at the napkin numbers it is apparent something is amiss. On the other hand I'm not labeling anyone. Algae is here to stay for some time and has quite a long way to go in the management of the plant's physiology that would impact the yield of whatever. But some of the numbers are just outlandish Rob is right. Prof. Briggs’ article sets out to show and prognosticate data circa 2004 and this post serves to compare that with the coming blast of news about algae. If you look at the napkin numbers it is apparent something is amiss. On the other hand I’m not labeling anyone. Algae is here to stay for some time and has quite a long way to go in the management of the plant’s physiology that would impact the yield of whatever. But some of the numbers are just outlandish

]]> By: Rob McMillin http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2007/10/16/algae-answers-the-call/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Rob McMillin Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:15:46 +0000 http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2007/10/16/algae-answers-the-call/#comment-107 Re these production rates he cites, <a href="http://i-r-squared.blogspot.com/2007/05/algal-biodiesel-fact-or-fiction.html" rel="nofollow">this</a>: <i>I am not aware of any work in this field done by Prof. Briggs at U. New Hampshire, outside from an old website that quotes the Aquatic Species Program Close Out Report. <b>There is no basis for the projections he makes for very high biodiesel production rates.</i> Re these production rates he cites, this:

I am not aware of any work in this field done by Prof. Briggs at U. New Hampshire, outside from an old website that quotes the Aquatic Species Program Close Out Report. There is no basis for the projections he makes for very high biodiesel production rates.

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