Sir honestly speaking this is truly interesting presentation ... Truly i have nothing but utmost regards for Hon'ble Prof Stephen Mayfield as he discusses many aspects of this cutting-edge algae biodiesel fuels research. Sir namaste and parnam 🌎🌹🌻🌺🍁🙏🙏🙏🙏
Amazing, I wish I could see this process in person. There is so much that can be changed from this, I look forward to one day using this method one day.
I had a great deal of respect for what Stephen had to say concerning this subject until about 35:00. VERY foolish to make a statement that amateurs (in general) are basically fools because they are not classically trained biologists and engineers. Apparently history was not an interest to him while studying for his degrees. History shows that the vast majority of important technological innovations throughout human history have come from amateurs in their fields of interest. It is true that many of the amateurish ideas can easily be proven to be folly by a professional in the same field. However, a professional should also be able to easily weed out the hundreds of mistaken assumptions and ideas and "capture" the few new ideas that are worthy of note. In fact, I will go so far as to bet that he, and every other professional in their field, has made use of some ideas that came from amateur minds. I am an oil and gas professional and I don't consider these "competing" technologies. I consider algal bio-fuels to be the next transitory step in energy evolution. Necessary before we can go all electric. And as an "amateur" I have been nearly positive that Algal Bio-fuels were the answer for over 20 years. I didn't invent this. When I began my studies there were already professionals and amateurs exploring and discussing this idea when I arrived! Any professional that has a firmly closed mind to the ideas of intelligent amateurs is a Fool! I hope somebody brings this to Stephens attention.
It's an epidemic. College is a place where you no longer apply intuition, leading to unusable knowledge. All it is is pretending to understand, because of the constantly higher standards.
That's funny how he talks about how Texas doesn't have the science to do it, but earlier in the video he talks about how great it is to have colleagues from Texas A&M. We lead in Petroleum, we lead in wind, and we'll come to the challenge of Bio-fuels. Never say "cant".
Is it working? Its now June, 2013. Is any company making a profit by producing and marketing large quantities of biofuel from algae? Can you please tell us which ones?
What about the other pollutants from the exhaust of power plants ,carbon monoxide, lead, mercury, arsenic etc.does this get pumped into the algae as well? Or how can they separate C02 from these toxins?
Of course not but these are the questions an environmentalist should care about. Those who fixate on co2 are either disingenuous or incapable of independent thoughts. Carbon neutrality formulas do nothing for the environment or unlocking the potential of algae as a crop.
@@Barskor1 Still not concentrated enough to be worth collecting. Also forget about centrifuges in algae harvesting because it automatically makes harvesting too expensive
algae biofuels is a perfectly viable black market business today, in most countries, and it is profitable just like pyrolysis of plastic trash. it is not viable on large scale because the profit margins after tax, are too thin, the price you pay at the pump contains some 70-80% tax, only 20-30% goes to the petroleum indutstry and crude oil is cheap at the moment. but for s smuggling cartel, making biofuels at 30 cents a litter, then selling them at $1 in the black market, when they cost $1.8 at the pump, is a fact already happening!
@wwe3466 Not everyone knows scientific terms. I am one of those people who didn't know it.. and i am sure there are a lot more people who haven't heard the word before.
So it has been 11 years, what has changed? Does it really take someone like Musk to get something done? All those scientists but no real world progress.
Lithium batteries are the ugly elephant in the room of electric devices, especially vehicles. We need internal combustion vehicles running on sustainable biofuels (not ethanol) for the foreseeable future. Go Algae!!!
We do all this and the real cure is simply that Oil is renewable. (And they know it). And it has the added effect of being able to reduce carbon . Not just produce less, but actually a net reduction of carbon by using it. Growing oil rather then drilling / digging it out can be use to fuel cars ( all of them if we don't tax the process) , while at the same time reduce carbon. Why don't we do it?? That answer is "" ((((((because it would work and government does not want it to work, they don't want the cure to global climate change)))))))"". They want the problem so they can get a lot of tax money. The cure would end that , so it's ignored. They do want to change the way we all live ,, and a fix to the problem they say we have would stop them. We would be free ,, and we can't have that. How would democrats have control if we're all free??
Turns out not so much. Most of what you pay at the pump is tax. Solar ends up being something much more difficult to tax for the government and far easier to collect and use for the individual. This tech is going to be great once we are out in space seeing as there aren't petro chemicals to mine and there will be a large need for water and air purification along with a food staple. Great tech, but here 7 years in the future and I just don't see it making any headway as a fuel replacement any time soon.
Microalgea based biofuels are economical now because of **decentralization**. Simply redo the math from scratch instead of using fossil fuel production as analog. The state is able to tax gasoline by more than 80% because the supply chain is centrally controlled. Unlike petroleum, individuals can grow microalgea at home. Building a DIY diesel refinery is cheap and relatively simple. Today, the average Joe could fill his VW from homemade biodiesel for fraction of the price of gasoline.
It is a great resource professor, I love it.
Sir honestly speaking this is truly interesting presentation ... Truly i have nothing but utmost regards for Hon'ble Prof Stephen Mayfield as he discusses many aspects of this cutting-edge algae biodiesel fuels research. Sir namaste and parnam 🌎🌹🌻🌺🍁🙏🙏🙏🙏
Amazing, I wish I could see this process in person. There is so much that can be changed from this, I look forward to one day using this method one day.
You can tell he really understands how it works and why it's so important.
Algae and Fungi are how we can sustainably shape the future.
I had a great deal of respect for what Stephen had to say concerning this subject until about 35:00. VERY foolish to make a statement that amateurs (in general) are basically fools because they are not classically trained biologists and engineers. Apparently history was not an interest to him while studying for his degrees.
History shows that the vast majority of important technological innovations throughout human history have come from amateurs in their fields of interest.
It is true that many of the amateurish ideas can easily be proven to be folly by a professional in the same field.
However, a professional should also be able to easily weed out the hundreds of mistaken assumptions and ideas and "capture" the few new ideas that are worthy of note.
In fact, I will go so far as to bet that he, and every other professional in their field, has made use of some ideas that came from amateur minds.
I am an oil and gas professional and I don't consider these "competing" technologies. I consider algal bio-fuels to be the next transitory step in energy evolution. Necessary before we can go all electric.
And as an "amateur" I have been nearly positive that Algal Bio-fuels were the answer for over 20 years.
I didn't invent this. When I began my studies there were already professionals and amateurs exploring and discussing this idea when I arrived!
Any professional that has a firmly closed mind to the ideas of intelligent amateurs is a Fool!
I hope somebody brings this to Stephens attention.
johngagne1 so true
It's an epidemic. College is a place where you no longer apply intuition, leading to unusable knowledge. All it is is pretending to understand, because of the constantly higher standards.
It's amazing how it will be made more future biofuels
That's funny how he talks about how Texas doesn't have the science to do it, but earlier in the video he talks about how great it is to have colleagues from Texas A&M. We lead in Petroleum, we lead in wind, and we'll come to the challenge of Bio-fuels. Never say "cant".
How's that going?
Is it working? Its now June, 2013. Is any company making a profit by producing and marketing large quantities of biofuel from algae? Can you please tell us which ones?
What about the other pollutants from the exhaust of power plants ,carbon monoxide, lead, mercury, arsenic etc.does this get pumped into the algae as well? Or how can they separate C02 from these toxins?
Of course not but these are the questions an environmentalist should care about. Those who fixate on co2 are either disingenuous or incapable of independent thoughts. Carbon neutrality formulas do nothing for the environment or unlocking the potential of algae as a crop.
good luck!!! Lord knows we need it!
They can be grown in large tubes, not in ponds. Check out the Algae farmer in Texas ;)
I'm getting CRISPR diy kits right now
@wwe3466
He asked that question for those in the audience who don't know the difference between the two.
May we expect algae replacing corn and soybean in a not so far future?
You can actually grow them in large tubes, a guy is doing that already!!
Why not harvest the algae from the ocean?
Kenneth Yu because it's something animals survive on.
because concentration are too low
@@user-py9cy1sy9u Try around the mouth of the Mississippi it is a dead zone from the algae blooms formnitrogen run off.
You can you make tanks pump cold water up add Iron oxide get a bloom and then filter it or centrifuge.
@@Barskor1 Still not concentrated enough to be worth collecting. Also forget about centrifuges in algae harvesting because it automatically makes harvesting too expensive
algae biofuels is a perfectly viable black market business today, in most countries, and it is profitable just like pyrolysis of plastic trash. it is not viable on large scale because the profit margins after tax, are too thin, the price you pay at the pump contains some 70-80% tax, only 20-30% goes to the petroleum indutstry and crude oil is cheap at the moment. but for s smuggling cartel, making biofuels at 30 cents a litter, then selling them at $1 in the black market, when they cost $1.8 at the pump, is a fact already happening!
so u can get both regular gas and diesel from this algae
+Andy Towet nope
@wwe3466 Not everyone knows scientific terms. I am one of those people who didn't know it.. and i am sure there are a lot more people who haven't heard the word before.
So it has been 11 years, what has changed? Does it really take someone like Musk to get something done? All those scientists but no real world progress.
Lithium batteries are the ugly elephant in the room of electric devices, especially vehicles. We need internal combustion vehicles running on sustainable biofuels (not ethanol) for the foreseeable future. Go Algae!!!
We do all this and the real cure is simply that Oil is renewable. (And they know it). And it has the added effect of being able to reduce carbon . Not just produce less, but actually a net reduction of carbon by using it. Growing oil rather then drilling / digging it out can be use to fuel cars ( all of them if we don't tax the process) , while at the same time reduce carbon. Why don't we do it?? That answer is
"" ((((((because it would work and government does not want it to work, they don't want the cure to global climate change)))))))"".
They want the problem so they can get a lot of tax money. The cure would end that , so it's ignored. They do want to change the way we all live ,, and a fix to the problem they say we have would stop them. We would be free ,, and we can't have that. How would democrats have control if we're all free??
no. maize and soy are pretty integrated lol. ever been to the midwest? THINK COLLABORATION and DIVERSIFICATION
Turns out not so much. Most of what you pay at the pump is tax. Solar ends up being something much more difficult to tax for the government and far easier to collect and use for the individual. This tech is going to be great once we are out in space seeing as there aren't petro chemicals to mine and there will be a large need for water and air purification along with a food staple. Great tech, but here 7 years in the future and I just don't see it making any headway as a fuel replacement any time soon.
Ethanol from sugar? Too?
Diesel is also from sugar.
Microalgea based biofuels are economical now because of **decentralization**. Simply redo the math from scratch instead of using fossil fuel production as analog. The state is able to tax gasoline by more than 80% because the supply chain is centrally controlled. Unlike petroleum, individuals can grow microalgea at home. Building a DIY diesel refinery is cheap and relatively simple. Today, the average Joe could fill his VW from homemade biodiesel for fraction of the price of gasoline.
please, everyone is allowed a gaff once in a while. how can you extrapolate national IQ from one man.
I looked with pleasure.
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