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Ford joins in researching algae for vehicle fuel

Source : usatoday.com

For some time, we've been hearing about a lot of interest among scientists in the prospect of harvest algae to run vehicles. The big attraction: it's green, literally, and it grows fast. Now Ford is getting on board. Ford says it wants to better understand the use of biomass to produce future biofuels as part of an overall strategy to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil and address climate change. The big automaker is only the latest to get on the algae bus. Big energy companies, universities and startups have been pondering whether algae could be the fuel of the future. That picture at right is from 2008, for instance. In it, Michael Bellefeuille looks at algae inside a test tank at the XL Renewables Inc. research facility in Casa Grande, Ariz.

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4 October 2010 | Research :: Biodiesel :: United States & Canada
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