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    Algae-Powered Hippie Car Attempts Cross-Country Trek On 25 Gallons Of Biofuel

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    Image of MarywithanM™ MarywithanM™
    09/09/09

    In reply to Algae-Powered Hippie Car Attempts Cross-Country Trek On 25 Gallons Of Biofuel
    Let's see if I got this. Veggie Van Productions, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit, made a film, Fuel. And their promotion for the film includes a caravan across the country. The star of the caravan is a modified Prius that will use 25 gallons of 5%algae-gasoline. The fuel is made by Sapphire Energy, which gets P.R. and a tax deduction.

    Ben, your cynicism is far from super.

    I would like to hear some more about the other vehicles in the caravan, the veggie van and the bio-diesel bus.
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    Image of zeeboid zeeboid
    09/09/09

    In reply to Algae-Powered Hippie Car Attempts Cross-Country Trek On 25 Gallons Of Biofuel
    I am giong to be super cynical about this... and say:

    I wonder if the algae fuel eats away at internel engine components and seals like the Ethonal does.

    I submit that they should file those 164,000,000 gallons to me, so I can burn them in my Suburban, V8 boat and turbo Neon.
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    Image of skitter skitter
    09/09/09

    @zeeboid: Biodiesel will very quickly eat away older natural rubber seals, but not newer ones that have been developed. Also, the additional solvents tend to very quickly clean a fuel system, so changing the fuel filter is generally a required step soon after making the fuel switch.
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    09/09/09

    In reply to Algae-Powered Hippie Car Attempts Cross-Country Trek On 25 Gallons Of Biofuel

    mmmnnn....hippie cars
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    09/09/09

    @scroggs: That's a hippie car I can get behind and...uh...well, you know.
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    09/09/09


    @engineerd: 'nuff said
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    Image of mercury_marine mercury_marine
    09/09/09

    In reply to Algae-Powered Hippie Car Attempts Cross-Country Trek On 25 Gallons Of Biofuel

    Algeus? That's the best they could come up with? That car should obviously be named the Plecostomus. [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/09/09

    @mercury_marine: Agreed. It's algae powered, and it sucks. Plecostomus it is.
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    Image of GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls
    09/09/09

    In reply to Algae-Powered Hippie Car Attempts Cross-Country Trek On 25 Gallons Of Biofuel

    Real hippies know: Algae isn't a viable mainstream alternafuel until Willie Nelson can fill-up his bus for free at the city aquarium.
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    09/09/09


    @Goingincirclez: This could get ugly....from algae cars to algae highways. Algae could take over the world.
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    09/09/09


    @skaycog - Game On!: No kidding! Remember kids, always clean your fishtanks. The fate of a hippie-free motoring society depends on you!
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    09/09/09

    @Goingincirclez: It's wonderful that Jalopnik is such a learning tool for all ages! Why, over the weekend, I learned about the M37 military utility truck. I learned about the Wertburg car. And I learned that California had unofficial nude beaches. It's all about education, people!
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    09/09/09

    @skaycog - Game On!: British Columbia has official ones!
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    09/09/09

    @Deartháir II: The Return: Are official ones better than unofficial ones?
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/09/09

    In reply to Algae-Powered Hippie Car Attempts Cross-Country Trek On 25 Gallons Of Biofuel
    All the algae necessary grows on roofs, the ground, and even south and west-facing pavement in the Pac NW.

    Problem solved.

    Oh, and the algae-based diesel is merely a small component of the fuel, effectively an additive replacing the corn-ethanol being used, currently.

    Just try putting diesel in a gasoline engine or vice versa. Contestant from The Amazing Race a few seasons ago can tell you gasoline works none too good in a diesel engine.

    Europe + Americans = embarrassment for many of us born on this continent.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/09/09

    In reply to Algae-Powered Hippie Car Attempts Cross-Country Trek On 25 Gallons Of Biofuel
    Now make it 10%.

    Hey, as long as I don't get stuck behind it and they bring it back to their coast, it sounds like a good idea to me. Algae is about as renewable as it gets.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    09/09/09

    In reply to Algae-Powered Hippie Car Attempts Cross-Country Trek On 25 Gallons Of Biofuel

    Possibly one day Jalop can have the QOTD: What Is The Worst Algae Super Car?
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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    09/09/09

    In reply to Algae-Powered Hippie Car Attempts Cross-Country Trek On 25 Gallons Of Biofuel
    Sapphire Energy seems like they've really got something there. Not specifically this worked over Prius, it is nice but it's mostly a promotion to focus on their product: algae biofuel. They have a website full of hype, but it doesn't seem to list any sort of production capacity. Never the less, this is a promising technology that could solve a lot of energy issues without the drawbacks of corn based fuels.
    [www.sapphireenergy.com]
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    09/09/09

    In reply to Algae-Powered Hippie Car Attempts Cross-Country Trek On 25 Gallons Of Biofuel
    Dude, did you know there was a man in the '50s that designed an engine that would go 150 miles on a gallon of gas? The oil companies bought his patent then destroyed it. Greedy bastards.

    Pass the cheetos and stop bogartin' the doobie, man!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/09/09

    @engineerd: It's true... but it was a scooter.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    09/09/09

    @engineerd: No dude, it wasn't an engine; it was carburetor that the oil company bought the rights too and then destroyed, a 150 mpg carburetor. Man I bet with a VW Van that thing would have got like, 250 mpg dude.
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    09/09/09

    In reply to Algae-Powered Hippie Car Attempts Cross-Country Trek On 25 Gallons Of Biofuel
    They should've been cool instead of smug and converted a Suburban, not a Prius. It's so obvious.
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    09/09/09

    In reply to Algae-Powered Hippie Car Attempts Cross-Country Trek On 25 Gallons Of Biofuel
    Note to self:

    Begin 1972 Dodge Charger project car that runs on Environmental Lobbyists.
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    09/09/09

    In reply to Algae-Powered Hippie Car Attempts Cross-Country Trek On 25 Gallons Of Biofuel

    Yes! Another like minded person! I love green cars too. Screw the gas guzzlers.
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    Image of Timtoolman, sporadically speaking Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
    09/09/09

    In reply to Algae-Powered Hippie Car Attempts Cross-Country Trek On 25 Gallons Of Biofuel
    So, to synopsize; excessive fertilizer washing into the ocean creates these giant dead spots. In the dead zone, there is a creation of excessive amounts of algae that threatens the environment. Enter the perenially destructive Corporate Energy America Company that harvests said excess algae to be used as a fuel source, thereby reducing our dependency of foreign oii and the amount of fertilizer needed to sustain other biofuels, and saves the ocean-going creatures from extinction, all in one fell swoop.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    09/09/09

    @Timtoolman, now with power tools!: Exxon - The new cousteaudians of the environment.
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    Image of Timtoolman, sporadically speaking Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
    09/09/09

    @Alfisted: I like it!
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    09/09/09

    In reply to Algae-Powered Hippie Car Attempts Cross-Country Trek On 25 Gallons Of Biofuel
    It would be so much better if it was a hippie-powered algae car.
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