Comments on: Algae have extraordinarily diverse sex lives http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/04/algae-have-extr.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Allen http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/04/algae-have-extr.html/comment-page-1#comment-10704 Allen Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:54:21 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/04/algae-have-extr.html#comment-10704 <p>For how long did the govt researchers hammer away at algae in a pond & how long did it take the private researchers to come up with something different to overcome the short comings fo teh pond model?<br /> </p> For how long did the govt researchers hammer away at algae in a pond & how long did it take the private researchers to come up with something different to overcome the short comings fo teh pond model?

]]> By: mjh http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/04/algae-have-extr.html/comment-page-1#comment-10703 mjh Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:20:00 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/04/algae-have-extr.html#comment-10703 <p>Aren't fossil fuels also another form of solar energy? Aren't they the fossilized remains of algae and other water born microorganisms laid to rest at the bottom of the ocean a gazillion years ago? Ultimately, isn't almost everything (with the exception of nuclear and geothermal) a form of solar energy?</p> Aren’t fossil fuels also another form of solar energy? Aren’t they the fossilized remains of algae and other water born microorganisms laid to rest at the bottom of the ocean a gazillion years ago? Ultimately, isn’t almost everything (with the exception of nuclear and geothermal) a form of solar energy?

]]> By: John Moore http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/04/algae-have-extr.html/comment-page-1#comment-10702 John Moore Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:55:30 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/04/algae-have-extr.html#comment-10702 <p>A friend who manages a farm in Iowa points out that at current corn prices, most of the ethanol plants are going to go bankrupt. Good riddance. Then there's today's Drudge link on the growing fight against biofuels by countries with economies on the margin, because it is pricing them out of food.</p> <p>Let's see... DDT ban killed more (African malaria) than Hitler did. How many can we kill (through starvation) with biofuels.</p> A friend who manages a farm in Iowa points out that at current corn prices, most of the ethanol plants are going to go bankrupt. Good riddance. Then there’s today’s Drudge link on the growing fight against biofuels by countries with economies on the margin, because it is pricing them out of food.

Let’s see… DDT ban killed more (African malaria) than Hitler did. How many can we kill (through starvation) with biofuels.

]]>