Department of Energy scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory say they’ve reduced nature’s million year process of turning algae into crude oil to one than takes less than an hour . The engineers created a chemical process that produces crude oil minutes after it is poured into harvested algae. The reaction is not only fast, but also continuous since it produces a recyclable by product containing phosphorus that can then be used to grow more algae. Watch a video of the process after the jump. Read the rest of Scientists Convert Algae into Crude Oil in Less than One Hour Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: algae , algae biofuel , algae fuels , aviation fuel , chemical reactor , crude oil , Department of Energy , diesel , Douglas Elliot , fossil fuel , gasoline , green fuel , green technology , pacific northwest national laboratory , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Department of Energy , pnnl , renewable energy , science , Turn Algae into Crude Oil , Turning Algae into Crude Oil in Minutes , wet algae slurry
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Scientists Convert Algae into Crude Oil in Less than One Hour
