bbkingdom (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

Well, people are trying to figure out a way to do electrolysis with pulses of electricity at a specific frequency suited for water. Maybe it is bogus but lets wait and see what happens. It would create an on demand system for hydrogen generation in your car, so you just fill her up with water. Also using aluminium as a catalyist and create hydrogen chemically is an option, again what you will tank is water... Don't know though if this is all sustainable and real world applicable.

creten69 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

do you have to have certain strands?I wanna grow it and just put it in my car and help others do it.I cant fit into that little car.I need gas and i need it now daddy!

gpotteiger (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

In fact even liquid hydrogen is only one third as energy dense as gasoline.

gpotteiger (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

True you can burn hydrogen in a gasoline engine but you somehow must figure out a way to make a significant amount of hydrogen quickly and easily I think you know as well as i do that solar power at the station is nothing more than a gimmick. You need an awful lot of energy to compress hydrogen to the very high pressures needed to make it as energy dense as gasoline. Also electrolysis as well as solar cells are pretty inefficient.

bbkingdom (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

Well, your telling just an attitude you have over some facts. Let me tell you my attitude over the same facts:- No infrastructure: Norways is building the HyNor, which has unmanned filling stations that are hooked up to the water supply and have arrays of solar pannels for electrolysis. Expensive fuel cell: You can combust hydrogen in combustion engines. Storing problems: probably you need to spend a little bit more on your hydrogen tank, but maybe you also get more milage

creten69 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

im scared now the big oil companies have so many people to silence,i mean bush and blackwater and illuminatii guys.

RepairBucket (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

Awesome! AlgaePetro dot comm and others are trying to spread the word. Also Motor Trend's July 2008 issue discusses Algae as the potential biofuel savior at the end of a huge article and I just stumble on an article that talks about Michigan kicking in $7 million to fun an Algae production facility just minutes from my home.Maybe people are finally starting to see the practical application of this fuel source.I'm excited!

killmaster (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

valcent is focused more on the oil side of algae, using algae to make hydrogen is a different process that requires different algae types and a special process the kinda "tricks" the algae to make hydrogen. rly it would be cool to see both processes funded.

fifthandpinned (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

well done. It's incredible that algae fuel is so practical and we've had this technology as long as we have yet most people have never heard of it yet. Sites like algaepetro dot comm are trying to bring public awarness. Maybe it has to do with Bush's personal investment in corn based ethanol.

Coraxuss (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

Hmm, so what would be the harvest rate of hydrogen extracted from algae?As far as algae for fuel is concerned, there is a company called Valcent that has devised the most efficient way of producing large quantities of biofuel from algae. The harvest rate is a continual process.