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Algal biofuels

ExxonMobil Bets $600 Million on Algae Kate Howell Scientific American July 14, 2009.
Exxon Takes Algae Fuel Back to the Drawing Board Kevin Bullis MIT Technology Review May 20, 2013.
Is There Still a Role for Oil Companies in Renewables? Matthew Morton Greentech Media March 12, 2015
Can we save the algae biofuel industry? The Conversation May 9, 2015
Watch the 3-minute ALGAE.TEC video embedded in the page.
Jet Fuel from Algae? Nanowerk Jan 29, 2015
Be sure to zoom in on the infographic by clicking on it.
Company/industry group webpages useful for answering questions: Solazyme | ALGAE.TEC | All about algae.com | ~~Sapphire Energy~~

DOE Algal Biofuels including ENERGY 101: ALGAE-TO-FUEL video
UTEX Culture Collection of Algae at UT Austin
Radakovits R, Jinkerson RE, Darzins A, Posewitz MC (2010) Genetic engineering of algae for enhanced biofuel production. Eukaryot Cell 9:486–501.
Scott SA et al. (2010) Biodiesel from algae: Challenges and prospects. Curr Opin Biotechnol 21:277–286.
Energy from floating algae ponds Jonathan Trent TEDGlobal Talk June 2012.
This is a more speculative vision of algal biofuels.

Sims REH, Mabee W, Saddler JN, Taylor M (2010) An overview of second generation biofuel technologies Bioresour Technol 101:1570–1580.
Review of technology and issues related to cellulosic ethanol. Skim the article for key details.
DOE Cellulosic Ethanol – read this page and click around the other ethanol links
For Cellulosic Ethanol Makers, The Road Ahead Is Still Uphill Erica Gies Yale Environment 360 Nov 3, 2014.
Bioenergy at DOE.
Especially, check out the From Biomass to Cellulosic Ethanol Placemat
Dupont Cellulosic Ethanol
Watch the "From Feedstock to Fuel" video linked on the right side of the page.

Slick Solution: How Microbes Will Clean Up the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill David Biello Scientific American May 25, 2010.
How Microbes Helped Clean BP's Oil Spill David Biello Scientific American April 28, 2015
Watch the embedded video and slide show.
Microbial Response to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill MicrobeWiki
Concentrate on the section on what it takes for bioremediation. Page also provides further references.

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 ==== Extra Links for the Policy Czar ====
-# [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-microbes-clean-up-oil-spills/] Slick Solution: How Microbes Will Clean Up the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
+* [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-microbes-clean-up-oil-spills/ Slick Solution: How Microbes Will Clean Up the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill] David Biello ''Scientific American'' May 25, 2010.
-# [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-microbes-helped-clean-bp-s-oil-spill/] How Microbes Helped Clean BP's Oil Spill – watch the video and read the captions in the slide show.
+* [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-microbes-helped-clean-bp-s-oil-spill/ How Microbes Helped Clean BP's Oil Spill] David Biello ''Scientific American'' April 28, 2015 <br>Watch the embedded video and slide show.
-# [https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Microbial_Response_to_Deepwater_Horizon_Oil_Spill] MicrobeWiki – Microbial Response to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
+* [https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Microbial_Response_to_Deepwater_Horizon_Oil_Spill Microbial Response to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill] ''MicrobeWiki''<br>Concentrate on the section on what it takes for bioremediation. Page also provides further references.
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