- The United States Department of Energy estimates that if algae fuel replaced all the petroleum fuel in the United States, it would require 15,000 square miles (38,849 square kilometers), which is a few thousand square miles larger than Maryland. This is less than 1/7th the area of corn harvested in the United States in 2000. - http://www.epa.gov/oecaagct/ag101/cropmajor.html
- Quick primer on Algae: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel_from_algae
- National Algae Association: http://www.nationalalgaeassociation.com/
- Shell is to become the first major oil company to produce diesel fuel from marine algae, New Scientist reports.
Gasoline vs Diesel:
The global economy now faces a structural surplus of gasoline and a structural shortfall of diesel. By implication, the world has too much capacity for producing gasoline (much of it concentrated in the United States) and not enough capacity for producing diesel (especially in Asia).
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2008/12/01/bleak-outlook-for-us-oil-refiners/
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