There is a biodiesel station, or really recycling store that sells biodiesel close to me. It trades recycled paper products with restaurants for their used cooking oil. It seems like a good way to start. They clearly do state that their biodiesel does increase some tailpipe emissions. Are there any good algae pilots going on? Lots of enpty space in west texas that gets plenty of sunlight.
We had a pretty good pilot project going on in our shower, or doesn't mildew work as well as algae? Tom
I dont think there are really any outside of labs, or any that are worth mentioning. There were some big proposals a couple years ago. IIRC it was Sunfuel or something like that that was going to build a 1,000 acre plant in arizona.
I wasn't going to say anything, but your shower should be condemned and torn down Those plans appear to have fizzled
Tom, A very interesting and unfortunate chain of causality. Does the amount of botulism and and other toxins have any impact on fish species caught for human consumption, or for that matter water taken from the Lakes for human use?
Yes by the sounds of it. Not very many people have money laying around to dispose of on new technology that looks good on paper but may not prove out.
No, not really. Our native fish can't eat the mussels. There are only a couple of invasive fish species that like to eat them, and these invasive species are not attractive to our native fish, so generally the toxin gets isolated and does not enter the human food cycle. Drinking water gets pulled in at depths too deep for algae growth. As far as human impact is concerned, the biggest issue is some stinky sludge on our otherwise pristine beaches. It tends to be isolated and wind dependent, but is still unpleasant if it ends up on the beach where you intend to swim. Here is a photo of how our water normally looks: Tom
