Hello friends,
As some of you know, in parallel with my research on alternative energy and sustainability I have been working on a series of short movies
revealing, with scientific backing and a sense of humor, the fallacies often bandied about in the mainstream media (and often in alternative
media too) about alternative energy technologies. They are factual, but I've done my best to make them entertaining and to-the-point. The
first two focus on biofuels. I am working on the third, which will focus on algae bio-energy.
I hope you enjoy them, and feel free to email me your thoughts, comments, and invitations to stay at your summer home...
BioFools, Part1: Why most biofuels are bad, in a nutshell...
http://www.vizzvox.com/stories/7Hx7GuJeNacqL00fms 10 minutes.
BioFools, Part2: Food-Based Biofuel Round-Up, and Cellulose to the Rescue?
http://www.vizzvox.com/stories/7GTaB7yBCBa5A00fms 12 minutes.
Cheers,
Farmer On Mars
About Me
- Farmer on Mars
- I have always had very broad interests -- science, literature, history, art, architecture -- but physics has mostly been my focus. I love learning and have the degrees to show it -- summa cum laude in physics from Harvard, Ph.D. in applied physics from Stanford -- but I'm committed to using my talents to do something good, and right now that means looking hard at how our energy choices affect the natural world that sustains us, physically and spiritually. I am committed to scientific truth and clear, easily-understood explanations of the facts, as this is the *only* way we're going to reach sustainability, and eventually, the stars...
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Aloha from Hawaii - I have talked to GEK and they said you are making a lab biogenerator. I am working to get funds for as year long experiment on a triple tech from biomass. Energy and algae. Would you please contact me? Kimos@me.com
Aloha from Hawaii - I have talked to GEK and they said you are making a lab biogenerator. I am working to get funds for a year long experiment on a triple tech from biomass. Energy and algae. Would you please contact me? Kimos@me.com
Kodos Dr. friendly.
totally inspired once again to work on a 10 year idea to be growing Spiralina, to sequester co2 from a bio digester agitated by the movement on a boat. on another note, there is a algae found in the diesel tanks of boats in the tropics, always clogging filters. wondering what the +/- effects of seeding the BP oil spill in the gulf with this strain. might be better than the detergent dispersents being used.
i will be attending a workshop very soon
sashahk
stay hungry
stay foolish
i am working to extract moonshine or ethanol from on macro seaweed.
i have build a pre-digester to transform alginate into something that yeast can recognise.
its a bit gory but it work.
i could not found enzyme, so i look in sea what an whom was eating seaweed and i collected this different animals and crush them,filter the lot, pour it over the crush seaweed, than cook it lightly, then, pour it into my moonshine extractor distil it and got some nice ethanol to heat my house.
Nice thing, I'm working on fixing up malnutrition problem in India thru spirulina....
http://www.spirumahesh4malnutrition.blogspot.com/
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