Advantages And Disadvantages Of Biofuel

Did you know that algae blooms can form from pollution? They can. If citizens do not put a stop to pollution more algae will form. First of all, citizens need to put a stop to pollution because algae blooms die and release a chemical called phosphate. Phosphate causes more algae to form. Did you know that only one bloom has covered 800 miles of Lake Erie? That is only one bloom! Imagine

Algae will become an increasingly important part of our ecosystem as we continue to release more and more carbon dioxide into the air, without doing much about it. Many know that animals breath in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide (and other impurities), while plants need carbon dioxide to survive and breathe out other molecules like oxygen. One way we can minimize the harmful effects of our carbon dioxide emissions on the environment is to plant more plants. Algae are a good choice to aid in reducing these consequences, because they are rather small, but still take CO2 out of the air.

Solution: To remove the algae, there must be organisms that will absorb the nutrients produced by fish put into the pond. This is so there will be no nutrients left for the algae to feed off of, thus eventually eliminating the algae from the pond. The plants that could be put into the pond would be water lillies and lotuses.

Another obstacle preventing widespread mass production of algae for biofuel production has been the equipment and structures needed to begin growing algae in large quantities. Maximum use of existing agriculture processes and hardware is the goal.

The article explains how biofuels isn’t something that is just discovered, hence, the algae biofuel has been put in a place of fossil fuel today. There have be a lot of companies as well as government agencies that are finding several ways in reducing the cost of producing algae biofuel to make profit from the source of fuel.

Nitrogen Cycle - An aquarium is a dynamic environment with many more lifeforms than just fish and plants. For example, several types of beneficial bacteria in a healthy aquarium neutralize the toxins that fish and uneaten food produce. These beneficial bacteria make up the nitrogen cycle, so called because the naturally produced toxins are nitrogen compounds such as ammonia and nitrite. Before putting fish in your new aquarium, make sure the nitrogen cycle is functioning.

Chemical Contaminants is another big cause of algae decreasing, the main cause of this are dumping non-water substances into the bay. Examples being: Mercury, PCBs, PAHs, pesticides. Almost three-quarters of Chesapeake Bay Is covered in Chemical Contaminants.

4. Algae: In order to maintain algae you must not use any unnatural chemicals that could harm the marine life. Having many organism is most ideal because they can feed off the algae while keeping it in control. Good algae is usually food for the marine life and the algae can range from all sorts of colors, but green is the best. Nuisance algae is when the algae can contaminate the water and kill the life within the waters (Tetra,

Now the algae has come back to haunt us. 250,000 Football Fields of Green Algae Now Cover Lake Erie. ( Nat Geo) “The lake experiences algal blooms every summer.” (Cleveland Plains) The lake has gotten taken over by a large quantity of blue green algae. The algae can be toxic to humans and cause problems with our bodies. This means that people have to use bottled water to drink, bathe, and cook with. This affects communities because they may have to move until the problem gets cleaned up. It also means that they will have to go to the store to buy clean usable water and can’t use their own. The final effect on communities is the fact that they may have to send their kids to a different area because kids have weaker immune systems, and the algae

Seagrasses create a home for large fish. In acidic water, seagrass reproduces finer, grow taller, and develop buried roots. Most algae species grow well in acidic conditions while, but coralline algae does not do well in acidic conditions. Coralline algae protect coral reefs, in acidic environments studies, have proven that coralline algae had covered ninety-two percent less area. The result of this is the suffering of coral reefs.

If the amount of nitrates due to fertilizer runoff increases in an aquatic ecosystem, then the amount of algae in that ecosystem will increase at an accelerated rate.

The first step is to decide where to put your fish tank. I suggest not by a window, where the sun comes in too much because it will cause a rapid growth of algae. While it is not harmful to fish, it will turn all your challenging work very green.

Biofuels on the other hand, are almost completely carbon neutral (Coyle, 2007) It only makes sense as the released CO2 emissions from the biofuel is absorbed by the same crop that is used for their production. It is, in essence, a 100% efficient carbon cycle. The Pew Center on Global Climate Change is a big proponent of bio hydrocarbon fuels because are comparable in energy content and components to fuels like diesel (Leavitt 2010).

Biomass is organic matter based in carbon, hydrogen and oxygen that is used to produce biofuels. It is also referred to as any source of organic carbon that is renewed quickly as part of the carbon cycle. Biomass is categorised into 3 types and these include sugar, starch and ligno-cellulosic based biomass. (4)

In a time of energy crisis and a subsequent search for a renewable replacement for crude oil, biofuels have arisen as a source of hope.   Currently, the largest source of biofuels in the United States is corn-based ethanol. The large scale of corn-ethanol production and the potential promise of finding a domestic, reliable source of energy, requires the fuel’s viability as a replacement for crude oil to be evaluated.  However, there is debate surrounding corn-based ethanol’s environmental, economic, and social impacts. The scientists and governments who support the development of biofuels claim that it will not only provide a new and sustainable source of energy but also that it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and is therefore better for the environment. However, although corn-based ethanol continues to harbor support from the United States government, environmentalists argue that ethanol is not substantially better for the environment, especially when the effects of its production are taken into account.  Also, while some larger farms profit from ethanol production, it places economic stress upon smaller farms and the agricultural industry and leads to higher food prices that are a great detriment to those living at the level of subsistence.  Therefore, in order to produce energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly fuel, the United States must work towards developing cellulosic biofuels and those produced by microbes as they have