Comments on: Investors Fuel Solazyme With $52M for Algae http://gigaom.com/2010/08/09/investors-fuel-solazyme-with-52m-for-algae/ Sun, 19 May 2013 00:13:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dave http://gigaom.com/2010/08/09/investors-fuel-solazyme-with-52m-for-algae/#comment-408206 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:01:31 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=63532#comment-408206 Solar & wind are pipe dreams. The wind don’t always blow, the sun don’t always shine. They’d be fine on a small scale, but they’ll never replace oil. Never. Biofuel will.

Ethanol uses more gas to make & deliver than it replaces & doesn’t produce the power gasoline does, so that’s a ridiculous waste. We need to stop subsidizing that insanity.

Algae can be mass produced very cheaply, has the octane we need to run our machines & the by-product is cattle feed. The price point is about the same as we currently pay for oil. When production gets ramped up, that will come down.

All of that without covering 2/3 of the face of the earth with mirrors & obnoxious windmills.

]]> By: What Shell’s Brazilian Biofuel Megadeal Means for Codexis http://gigaom.com/2010/08/09/investors-fuel-solazyme-with-52m-for-algae/#comment-260705 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:00:36 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=63532#comment-260705 [...] candidate Amyris has a partnership with French oil giant Total; Chevron has invested in LS9 and Solazyme as well as in Codexis; and Exxon is in a $600 million partnership with Craig Venter’s Synthetic [...]

]]> By: Corporate Investors Open Wallets for Greentech http://gigaom.com/2010/08/09/investors-fuel-solazyme-with-52m-for-algae/#comment-260704 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:11:57 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=63532#comment-260704 [...] in technologies that can save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Earlier this week, Chevron contributed to a $52 million round for Solazyme, which aims to make fuel from algae. Last week, General Motors announced its [...]

]]> By: camel cig http://gigaom.com/2010/08/09/investors-fuel-solazyme-with-52m-for-algae/#comment-260703 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:25:34 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=63532#comment-260703 support the upstairs said

]]> By: David Schechter http://gigaom.com/2010/08/09/investors-fuel-solazyme-with-52m-for-algae/#comment-260702 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:09:20 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=63532#comment-260702 why not focus on solar thermal concentrators and utilize the algae biofuel to help replace the enormous amounts of water required to make steam to generate electricity? Not to mention the fact that biofuel will still have to compete with alternative energies from an economic feasibility standpoint.

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