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Algal Biomass Organisation disparages report claiming algae has higher environmental impact than other crops

25 Jan 2010

The US trade association for the algae industry, the Algal Biomass Organisation (ABO) has challenged the conclusions of a report published in Environmental Science and Technology that claims conventional crops have lower environmental impacts than algae in energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and water.

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Tags: algae, algal biomass, biofuel, biomass

2 Responses to “Algal Biomass Organisation disparages report claiming algae has higher environmental impact than other crops”

Ben Cloud says:

26 January 2010 at 3:36 pm

It is sad to see researchers use poor assumptions wrapped in a professional document to make such claims comparing algae biomass to terrestrial crops. You have to question the motivation? Maybe they had no budget to get the facts.
anonymous says:

27 January 2010 at 2:36 pm

Call for investigation of algae research grants

We have spent over $2.2 billion dollars on algae research for the last 35 years and nothing to show for it. Algae has been researched to death at universities for the last 50 years in the US. The problem is as long as the algae researchers can say we are 3-5 years away, its too expensive and they need more research they get grant money. Nothing will ever get commercialized at the university level.

The question you need to be asking is ” Does the US really want to get off of foreign oil or do we want to continue to fund the algae researchers at the universities.”