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> Doesnt this take away from the real issue of fossil fuels? Pollution, increased CO2 and climate changes. No. Any CO2 released when these fuels are burned has
by shortly 13y ago
> Doesnt this take away from the real issue of fossil fuels? Pollution, increased CO2 and climate changes.
No. Any CO2 released when these fuels are burned has to come from the algae. The algae gets it from the air. So CO2 is cycled, but not added to the atmosphere.
- wil421 13y agoFor my understanding, the problem with the fossil fuels is that they are trapped in the ground and we are releasing the carbon that was trapped in the ground into the atmosphere.
- ams6110 13y agoThat is true for fossil fuels. But for oil produced from algae, the carbon came from the atmosphere or the immediate surface environment, so it's not introducing any "new" (or long-sequestered) carbon.