Green, slimy algae could one day run your car, hopes Bluffton entrepreneur

Island Packet by Liz Mitchell | Sep. 29, 2008 (News Report)

Chris Gerards of ALGBio hopes to scrape success from nature's slime by converting it into a viable source of biofuel. He's growing a local strain of freshwater algae and researching ways to develop it at the Waddell Mariculture Center, which is run by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Full Story »

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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 1, 2008

Very interesting report on the potentials of algae to serve as a biofuel. I leave it not completely convinced, though. I need to see more verification. Broader, more diverse sourcing would have helped, as would citing an independent study.

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