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Inexhaustable Energy Exists
by Roy Bigham
September 24, 2009

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While some groups fight to halt oil drilling and claims of imminent end to the supply of crude oil, it would appear that the supply is actually inexhaustible and we don’t need expensive drilling to recover it.


Experts and government bureaucracies have predicted for many decades that the supply of crude oil is finite and the pipelines will run dry in just a few years. However, geologists working for oil companies continue to find additional sources. However, the costs to recover many of these sources continue to increase and some now predict that unless the price of a barrel of oil grows and stays above $100, it will be impractical to go after it.

However, there is an alternative to those sources that is readily available, renewable and does not require drilling.

Consider that scientists think that much of the crude pumped from pools in the ground originated from old populations of algae. Anybody that has tried to maintain a swimming pool or hot tub knows that it is a constant struggle to prevent the growth of algae in the water. So, it is easy and quick to grow. It can be grown in nearly any climate and does not require huge sections of land.

Researchers have discovered that they can obtain an oil product from the growth of algae that can be used to produce nearly every product now produced from crude oil. Another huge benefit would be that it could be a totally carbon neutral process. Add this to other sources such as natural gas, coal, wind, solar, etc and we have an inexhaustible supply of totally renewable energy. As algae, wind, solar and hydrogen sources are naturally developed by market forces, the need for natural gas and coal could be eliminated. Nothing needs to be mined or drilled. Nothing needs to be iimported. We have enough for everyone and it can be affordable.

To learn more about the algae process, visit one of the company’s websites that is leading the way in research at Origin Oil, Another source for information is the National Algae Associtaion.


Roy Bigham
roy@pollutionengineering.com
Roy D. Bigham has been the editor of Pollution Engineering since 2002. Bigham attended Eastern Michigan University where he majored in chemistry and computer science with an associates degree in mathematics. He has worked as a laboratory technician at a research laboratory, managed an electroplating operation and an associated analytical laboratory. He spent three years overseeing environmental operations of five domestic and five overseas operations for a major manufacturer in the Detroit area. He then managed a field services department for an environmental analytical laboratory before moving on to a position as an environmental engineer for a construction aggregates company.

Bigham won a design award for a waste water treatment system for a landfill in the Detroit area from the State Chamber of Commerce. He has been active in the environmental field since 1980.


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