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The threat of Global warming is a myth! Well actually that will be true if it is still
a threat in 10-15 years. Global warming is far from a myth, but the threat is becoming
more of one as we advance. This is because there is a cure to our environmental ills
that doesn't involve, corn clean coal or fuel efficient cars. It is an almost completely
unknown alternative that has no publicity. Which is why it has to be discussed on my
channel. It has been for many years considered a nuisance, it has be use as an ultimate insult.
This future savior is nothing more than ***. Literally. Algae is simplest eukaryotic single
celled organism, and next to fungi, is the most diverse. Scientist know about .5-1% of
all fungi species on the planet and probably just about that much for algae. If our understanding
of the little green slime was expanded, our abilities to live in harmony with this planet
would be increased exponentially. Algae is highly versatile because different
species fit different niches and harvest and secrete differing chemicals. At the moment
scientist are working on species of algae, combinations and systems that will produce,
diesel, gasoline, ethanol, butane and jet fuel. This is all the fuels we rely on now,
directly converted from CO2 and sunlight, require no change in technology we are currently
using. Algae also has another major advantage. It
doubles its mass in a day. Compare that with corn and you will easily see how much better
it is. Studies show that the same amount of bio diesal from a football field of corn can
be produced in a space the size of 2 garages. On top of this, algae does not need a flat
surface, just a tower with a lot of sunlight, so it could produce a lot more fuel than this,
depending on how high the tower can be built. Even better, these towers could be built in
just about any town or city in the US, generating jobs and never again relying on overseas fuels.
Algae also has many other uses that, as a side effect will sequester co2 and greenhouse
gases from the atmosphere. It can be used as animal feed, nutrients, rayon, nylon, or
just be buried in the ground to either sequester the carbon, or decompose producing natural
gases. If algae was used in cattle feed then beef could possibly become carbon neutral,
instead of being a huge contributor to our ever warming planet.
And lastly, algae has the ability to clean both water and air. Universities are using
polluting waste water from factories to grow algae in and are producing extremely good
results. Some algae even sequester sulfur which is a major lung pollutant of coal factories
and diesel big rigs. It has been estimated that if a coal factory was to set up a filtering
pond the size of a parking lot to generate and harvest algae, it would be both carbon
and sulfur neutral protecting both the earth and our health.
So why does no one know about this? Why haven't you heard on the news about this apparently
amazing innovation? Money. Big oil and the middle east would be out of money in a heartbeat
if algae got even a fraction of the funding we spent on the Iraq war. Mega subsidized
big agro wants to make a killing off producing genetically modified corn, using the small
farmer as a shield and icon from anyone who might oppose them. Corn would go back to being
a food source and not a fuel. Algae is barely listed as an option for a viable alternative
fuel source unless you dig for it online and it get barely any of the money set aside for
alternative fuels. Not even Al Gore has given it so much as a nod in discussing climate
change. So if you are sick of worried about climate
change, worried about our brave men and women fighting wars for oil, if you are sick of
land and water pollutants, or don't believe and global warming and are just sick of hearing
about it, write or call your local congressman or senator and let them know that algae research
is where we need to put our money, for a safer, cleaner, healthier and much more peaceable
planet.