Biodiesel Conversion
Making Algae Biodiesel at Home Review
Reviewer: Haden Freed
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Interested in Algae Biodiesel But Don't Know Where to
Start?
If you've heard a bit about the possibility of using algae
as your own free fuel source, and you want the full
story...read on.
In my opinion this recently updated for 2008 guide is the
perfect starting point for anyone looking into the possibility
of growing algae for biodiesel fuel. If you don't want to
spend light years learning the basics, this guide will help you
understand exactly what's involved to grow algae
biodiesel.
Making Algae Biodiesel at Home author David Sieg takes you
step by step through the process of using light, water and air
to make your own diesel fuel. Book one is all
about the cultivation process - how to grow algae. He
lays out the biodiesel conversion big picture in an easy to
understand flow chart. His "quick start guide" along with
the "down and dirty" overview help you get going right
away. He offers great tips for maximizing growth and
extracting algal oil plus offers an extensive listing of the
best algal strains for oil - including which ones to start with
and where you can get your hands on them. This is a very
comprehensive resource complete with illustrations and
photography that makes the process much easier to
understand.
Not only does he include his own guides, but also tons of
research material - from government documents to patent
applications - that you'd have to dig around for hours on the
internet to find. My one complaint? If you've been
in the algae growing game for a while, or if you can talk
biodiesel in your sleep, then this guide is not for you.
This diy biodiesel guide is aimed squarely for beginners to
novices.
Actual Customer Reviews - BioDiesel Now Forum
"This book is very good and explains in depth how to
create your own bioreactor. Also, it gives you a choice of
about 10 different algal strains, microalgae and
diatoms."
"I also bought making algae biodiesel at home and I
didn't think it was that bad for the beginner. He tells you
straight up on the sales page it was complied from online
reporting and government reports. Granted if you've been
studying algae biodiesel for years then there is probably
not that much new in it. But if you know nothing and want
to get up and going fast (like me) then for me it was worth
it. It covered every aspect i thought pretty good. Sure you
could have found some stuff on the internet if you dig
through it long enough. But I don't want to spend years
learning the basics. My time is worth something. I give it
a thumbs up."
If you're a real newbie the site has a wealth of information
for you all in one place. Learn about
the basic biodiesel process here. If you
have questions about converting to biodiesel check out the
faq.
Author's note:
I got interested in algae biodiesel production a while back
when I saw a news report on a company called Vertigro - growing
algae biodiesel in west Texas. That's right, in the
desert.
Algae is such an interesting non-polluting diesel biofuel -
did you know that 90% of the algaes weight is actually captured
carbon dioxide? So growing algae as fuel also helps
decrease greenhouse gases!
"If you can make barbeque sauce, you can
make biodiesel"
There's a quote from David Sieg's ebook that I
love.  "If you can make
barbeque sauce, you can make biodiesel". It's
true. While you must keep safety in mind at all
times (like you don't want too much tobasco in the
barbeque sauce!), making biodiesel at home is not rocket
science. People around the world have been making
their own biodiesel since the advent of the diesel
engine.
Tired of collecting dirty waste oil from MacDonalds?
When you grow algae biodiesel you can leave the begging
behind. You don't filter, or mess around with dewatering,
titrating, carting around dirty waste oil - and you don't smell
like a french fry driving down the road.
Final Thoughts on Biodiesel Conversion:
If you think Food should be eaten and not put in the tank,
then this is the guide for you. Maybe you're like
me. In my opinion, it makes no sense driving up food
prices around the world - soybeans, corn, sun flower seeds, and
others - to use more electricity and resources to turn food
into biofuel to run our cars and trucks.
"If we were to replace all of the diesel that we use in the
United States" with an algae derivative,...we could do it on an
area of land that's about one-half of 1 percent of the current
farm land that we use now."
-Douglas Henston Solix CEO
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Nobody's going to go hungry if we start using algae
biodiesel. -
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