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To: Fishfinder who wrote (4378)	3/2/2008 9:32:11 PM
From: Rock_nj	Respond to of 16955

Oil giant Saudi to become solar power centre: minister March 1, 2008 PARIS (AFP) — Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, plans to become an expert in another, cleaner field of energy by investing in solar power, the country's oil minister said in an interview released Sunday. "For a country like Saudi Arabia ... one of the most important sources of energy to look at and to develop is solar energy," Ali al-Nuaimi told French oil newsletter Petrostrategies. He added: "One of the research efforts that we are going to undertake is to see how we make Saudi Arabia a centre for solar energy research and hopefully over the next 30 to 50 years we will be a major megawatt exporter. "In the same way we are an oil exporter, we can also be an exporter of power." Saudi Arabia produces more than 10 million barrels of crude oil a day. Nuaimi said that Saudi Arabia was also set to invest in carbon capture and storage programmes to develop technology allowing carbon dioxide to be extracted from the atmosphere and stored underground. "There are a lot of countries that are willing to cooperate with us," he said. At a summit in Riyadh last November, Gulf OPEC members pledged 750 million dollars (500 million euros) to a new fund to tackle global warming through financing research for clean technologies, with the emphasis on carbon capture and storage. afp.google.com

To: Fishfinder who wrote (4378)	3/3/2008 12:38:11 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16955

So.. once oil runs out, there will be no way to actually make more of it (bio-fuels)? Here's a few links you should pay attention to: greenfuelonline.com oilgae.com ngm.nationalgeographic.com And especially read this link: ngm.nationalgeographic.com Considering that it's estimated that for each acre dedicated to algae bio-diesel production, the net harvest will be 5,000 gallons (compared to 300/gal for soybeans, and 60/gal for ethanol... or 1k/gals if cellulose is included) And algae can be grown anywhere.. in ponds, in high-rise hydroponic "skyscrapers" that clean city air.. etc.. All that is required is an economic (and political motivation) to embark upon an alternative energy "mahattan project".. And the additional advantage is that algae derived bio-fuels will not compete with traditional food crops. In fact, the by-product of such algae bio-fuel production could serve as excellent additional silage for stock animals. Hawk