1.0 link 130073 <![CDATA[Green Energy: Cost-Efficient Process Expected To Turn Algae Into Fuel]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/28/green-energy-cost-efficie_n_130073.html BORCULO, Netherlands - Set amid cornfields and cow pastures in eastern Holland is a shallow pool that is rapidly turning green with algae, harvested for animal feed, skin treatments, biodegradable plastics -- and with increasing interest, biofuel.

In a warehouse 120 miles southwest, a bioreactor of clear plastic tubes is producing algae in pressure-cooker fashion that its manufacturer hopes will one day power jet aircraft.

Experts say it will be years, maybe a decade, before this simplest of all plants can be...

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