Biofuels versus Fossil Fuels (Biotechnology and Society 2016)

Biofuels versus Fossil Fuels (Biotechnology and Society 2016)

Everyone: Algal biofuels

Algal biofuels

Required Reading/Viewing

1. [1] ExxonMobil Bets $600 Million on Algae
2. [2] Is There Still a Role for Oil Companies in Renewables?
3. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/515041/exxon-takes-algae-fuel-back-to-the-drawing-board/
4. [3] Can we save the algae biofuel industry? Watch the 3-minute ALGAE.TEC video embedded in the page.
5. [4] Solazyme

Additional information

1. Sapphire Sapphire Energy company video

// Promotional video for a company pursuing algal biofuels and bioproducts. Watch on YouTube.

1. [5] DOE Algal Biofuels
2. [6] All about algae.com
3. [7] – Genetic engineering of algae for enhanced biofuel production.
4. YouTube – INEOS INEOS Bio company video

• UTEX Culture Collection of Algae at UT Austin

1. [8] Energy from floating algae ponds

1. Cellulosic Ethanol

Extra Links for the Policy Czar

1. [9] An overview of second generation biofuel technologies 19963372

// Review of technology and issues related to cellulosic ethanol. Skim the article for key details.

1. [10] DOE Cellulosic Ethanol – also click around the other ethanol links
2. [11] For Cellulosic Ethanol Makers, The Road Ahead Is Still Uphill

• Bioenergy at DOE. Especially, check out the From Biomass to Cellulosic Ethanol Placemat
• Dupont Cellulosic Ethanol

1. [12] UT Switchgrass Research

• HowStuffWorks: Cellulosic Ethanol | Algal Biodiesel

2. Deep Water Horizon Bioremediation

Extra Links for the Policy Czar

1. [13] Slick Solution: How Microbes Will Clean Up the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
2. [14] How Microbes Helped Clean BP's Oil Spill – watch the video and read the captions in the video.
3. [15] MicrobeWiki – Microbial Response to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

3. Frackibacter

Extra Links for the Policy Czar

1. [16] New genus of bacteria found living inside hydraulic fracturing wells.
2. [17] Microbial metabolisms in a 2.5-km-deep ecosystem created by hydraulic fracturing in shales