Commercial green fuel from algae still years away

Scientists and investors are lured by the pond scum's natural oils that can be extracted and refined into fuel.

Algae grows fast and absorbs greenhouse gases along the way. Plus, the lowly lifeform uses less land, water and other resources than the corn or soybeans used in first generation biofuels, alleviating concerns that those renewable fuels would cause food shortages.

It's disappointing that this may take a decade to be practical, but it seems like a no-brainer to use algae rather than terrestrial plants as a source for renewable bio-fuels.

via Slashdot: Commercial green fuel from algae still years away | Reuters