Algae
Algae – The Only Alternative
Recent months have seen an influx of biofuel alternative talk all over the Internet, on the news & in the papers. In 2007, the United States consumed a total of 7.5 billion barrels of oil – and 58% of that oil was imported. This year it is expected to rise to 66%.
What does that mean for us?
It means that at least 66% of our Nation is being controlled by foreign oil conglomerates. They control the prices by manipulating supply and demand to create whatever desired profit they want – and at the moment, we have to pay for it.
That is why CIDA Energy is working on what we believe to be the only viable solution – Algae Biofuel!
Congress has passed alternative fuel funding for farmers growing things like corn for ethanol, or soy for a biofuel solution – but they are not enough.
A one thousand acre farm growing corn for ethanol is still just an additive to petroleum and not a solution. With a yield production of approximately 40-50 gallons of oil from soy, and approximately 18 gallons of fuel from corn – a one thousand acre farm growing corn for ethanol production would yield 18, 000 gallons of fuel. Whereas, a one thousand acre Algae Plantation will yield on a low scale – 20 million gallons of fuel. Let me put it another way. If we were to plant enough corn in the United States to run every car – we would have to utilize 97% of the entire land space of the United States. On the other hand, we could utilize an area approximately one-tenth the size of New Mexico to grow algae and produce enough fuel to supply ALL the fuel needs of the United States and be completely independent of fossil fuels.
CIDA Energy – Alternative Fuel Solution
We, at CIDA Energy, believe that we offer the best biofuel solution on the market. Not only can algae produce more fuel per/acre of land used to grow it – its biomass can be used as feedstock, or to create ethanol, food sources, energy drinks, and reduce CO2 emissions. It is a product that is 100% usable. It uses 95% less water to grow an acre of algae as it does to grow an acre of corn and I can harvest it year round almost 24 hours a day.
Our engineers are working on an Algae Photo BioReactor (PBR) that will produce on a minimum scale – 20,000 gallons of biofuel per/acre and on a high level – 60,000 gallons per/acre. That is almost as much fuel as one thousand acres of corn. Can you imagine how many more people could be feed with 999 more acres to grow corn for food?
Our commercial Algae Photo BioReactor will be on one Hectare of land (2470 acres) utilizing 2200 acres for the production of the algae and the rest to be used for storage, buildings and processing into biofuel. We are working to achieve an average of 45,000 gallons per/acre which would produce 99,000,000 (ninety-nine million) gallons of biofuel per/year.
