Comments on: Nature to the Grid: Bioenergy http://grapethinking.com/nature-to-the-grid-bioenergy Fusing Mind with Vine Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Greg http://grapethinking.com/nature-to-the-grid-bioenergy/comment-page-1#comment-5098 Greg Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:00:28 +0000 http://www.grapethinking.com/?p=1620#comment-5098 <object width="446" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/JuanEnriquez_2007S-embed_high.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/JuanEnriquez-2007S.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=193" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="446" height="326" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/JuanEnriquez_2007S-embed_high.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/JuanEnriquez-2007S.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=193"></embed></object>

]]> By: Greg http://grapethinking.com/nature-to-the-grid-bioenergy/comment-page-1#comment-6412 Greg Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.grapethinking.com/?p=1620#comment-6412 By: Greg http://grapethinking.com/nature-to-the-grid-bioenergy/comment-page-1#comment-5079 Greg Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:33:49 +0000 http://www.grapethinking.com/?p=1620#comment-5079 Great company, and i love your posts on vertical/urban agriculture... algae seems to have incredible significance and potential in the world.... creating biofuels, cleaning up CO2, merging with solar to create photosynthetic solar cells... i've always been fascinated with algae and mycelium (fungus) as the planet's cleaning crew... ever heard of lichen? it's a symbiotic relationship between algae and fungus, in which algae provides food through photosynthesis, and the fungus provides structure... lichen grown in the most extreme desolate places on earth and are thought to be possibly the oldest living organism on the planet... not sure its significance in creating energy/cleaning up the planet, but seems like something is there Great company, and i love your posts on vertical/urban agriculture… algae seems to have incredible significance and potential in the world…. creating biofuels, cleaning up CO2, merging with solar to create photosynthetic solar cells… i’ve always been fascinated with algae and mycelium (fungus) as the planet’s cleaning crew… ever heard of lichen? it’s a symbiotic relationship between algae and fungus, in which algae provides food through photosynthesis, and the fungus provides structure… lichen grown in the most extreme desolate places on earth and are thought to be possibly the oldest living organism on the planet… not sure its significance in creating energy/cleaning up the planet, but seems like something is there

]]> By: Greg http://grapethinking.com/nature-to-the-grid-bioenergy/comment-page-1#comment-6411 Greg Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:33:00 +0000 http://www.grapethinking.com/?p=1620#comment-6411 Great company, and i love your posts on vertical/urban agriculture... algae seems to have incredible significance and potential in the world.... creating biofuels, cleaning up CO2, merging with solar to create photosynthetic solar cells... i've always been fascinated with algae and mycelium (fungus) as the planet's cleaning crew... ever heard of lichen? it's a symbiotic relationship between algae and fungus, in which algae provides food through photosynthesis, and the fungus provides structure... lichen grown in the most extreme desolate places on earth and are thought to be possibly the oldest living organism on the planet... not sure its significance in creating energy/cleaning up the planet, but seems like something is there Great company, and i love your posts on vertical/urban agriculture… algae seems to have incredible significance and potential in the world…. creating biofuels, cleaning up CO2, merging with solar to create photosynthetic solar cells… i’ve always been fascinated with algae and mycelium (fungus) as the planet’s cleaning crew… ever heard of lichen? it’s a symbiotic relationship between algae and fungus, in which algae provides food through photosynthesis, and the fungus provides structure… lichen grown in the most extreme desolate places on earth and are thought to be possibly the oldest living organism on the planet… not sure its significance in creating energy/cleaning up the planet, but seems like something is there

]]> By: Jessica Brock http://grapethinking.com/nature-to-the-grid-bioenergy/comment-page-1#comment-5075 Jessica Brock Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:02:27 +0000 http://www.grapethinking.com/?p=1620#comment-5075 Alternative energy sources are imperative to the sustainability of our economies future! Please come and visit Valcent to see what we’re doing in efforts to promote algae biofuel. Come and see our commercial sized unit producing algae and turning into a valuable alternative energy source! http://blog.valcent.net Jessica Brock Valcent Alternative energy sources are imperative to the sustainability of our economies future! Please come and visit Valcent to see what we’re doing in efforts to promote algae biofuel. Come and see our commercial sized unit producing algae and turning into a valuable alternative energy source!
http://blog.valcent.net
Jessica Brock
Valcent

]]> By: Jessica Brock http://grapethinking.com/nature-to-the-grid-bioenergy/comment-page-1#comment-6410 Jessica Brock Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:02:00 +0000 http://www.grapethinking.com/?p=1620#comment-6410 Alternative energy sources are imperative to the sustainability of our economies future! Please come and visit Valcent to see what we’re doing in efforts to promote algae biofuel. Come and see our commercial sized unit producing algae and turning into a valuable alternative energy source! http://blog.valcent.net Jessica Brock Valcent Alternative energy sources are imperative to the sustainability of our economies future! Please come and visit Valcent to see what we’re doing in efforts to promote algae biofuel. Come and see our commercial sized unit producing algae and turning into a valuable alternative energy source!
http://blog.valcent.net
Jessica Brock
Valcent

]]> By: Greg http://grapethinking.com/nature-to-the-grid-bioenergy/comment-page-1#comment-5072 Greg Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:32:52 +0000 http://www.grapethinking.com/?p=1620#comment-5072 That's really interesting. Maybe we can all ferment our own wine in the basement and power our homes off that! I also like your points about Coskata, they'll have to come up with some type of consumer appliance for homes to turn organic waste into storable fuel. Also, check out http://gridpoint.com -- doing some very cool stuff with smart grid solutions. Part of their package is an energy storage device for homes that stores energy during hrs when energy is low cost, so that during primetime (when everyone gets home from work) when the cost of energy is higher, homes can cut off the supply from the grid and use what they've stored in their Gridpoint device. That’s really interesting. Maybe we can all ferment our own wine in the basement and power our homes off that! I also like your points about Coskata, they’ll have to come up with some type of consumer appliance for homes to turn organic waste into storable fuel. Also, check out http://gridpoint.com — doing some very cool stuff with smart grid solutions. Part of their package is an energy storage device for homes that stores energy during hrs when energy is low cost, so that during primetime (when everyone gets home from work) when the cost of energy is higher, homes can cut off the supply from the grid and use what they’ve stored in their Gridpoint device.

]]> By: Greg http://grapethinking.com/nature-to-the-grid-bioenergy/comment-page-1#comment-6409 Greg Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:32:00 +0000 http://www.grapethinking.com/?p=1620#comment-6409 That's really interesting. Maybe we can all ferment our own wine in the basement and power our homes off that! I also like your points about Coskata, they'll have to come up with some type of consumer appliance for homes to turn organic waste into storable fuel. Also, check out http://gridpoint.com -- doing some very cool stuff with smart grid solutions. Part of their package is an energy storage device for homes that stores energy during hrs when energy is low cost, so that during primetime (when everyone gets home from work) when the cost of energy is higher, homes can cut off the supply from the grid and use what they've stored in their Gridpoint device. That’s really interesting. Maybe we can all ferment our own wine in the basement and power our homes off that! I also like your points about Coskata, they’ll have to come up with some type of consumer appliance for homes to turn organic waste into storable fuel. Also, check out http://gridpoint.com — doing some very cool stuff with smart grid solutions. Part of their package is an energy storage device for homes that stores energy during hrs when energy is low cost, so that during primetime (when everyone gets home from work) when the cost of energy is higher, homes can cut off the supply from the grid and use what they’ve stored in their Gridpoint device.

]]> By: fermenter http://grapethinking.com/nature-to-the-grid-bioenergy/comment-page-1#comment-5070 fermenter Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:36:45 +0000 http://www.grapethinking.com/?p=1620#comment-5070 really nice read… however, you say that photosynthesis is the one magic concept. I find it ironic with you being grapethinkers and all, because you seemed to have overlooked fermentation? they’re currently working on microbial fuel cells that use microorganisms to ferment waste into hydogren fuel. http://live.psu.edu/story/11709 seems like Coskata has a handle on the whole process with gasifying organic waste and then fermenting it into ethanol. with innovation they could certainly start fermenting hydrogen fuel in a similar sense as the MIT guys… but for now they are working with ethanol for cars bc that’s the market opportunity and electric car grid is at least 10 years away really nice read… however, you say that photosynthesis is the one magic concept. I find it ironic with you being grapethinkers and all, because you seemed to have overlooked fermentation? they’re currently working on microbial fuel cells that use microorganisms to ferment waste into hydogren fuel. http://live.psu.edu/story/11709

seems like Coskata has a handle on the whole process with gasifying organic waste and then fermenting it into ethanol. with innovation they could certainly start fermenting hydrogen fuel in a similar sense as the MIT guys… but for now they are working with ethanol for cars bc that’s the market opportunity and electric car grid is at least 10 years away

]]> By: fermenter http://grapethinking.com/nature-to-the-grid-bioenergy/comment-page-1#comment-6408 fermenter Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:36:00 +0000 http://www.grapethinking.com/?p=1620#comment-6408 really nice read… however, you say that photosynthesis is the one magic concept. I find it ironic with you being grapethinkers and all, because you seemed to have overlooked fermentation? they’re currently working on microbial fuel cells that use microorganisms to ferment waste into hydogren fuel. http://live.psu.edu/story/11709 seems like Coskata has a handle on the whole process with gasifying organic waste and then fermenting it into ethanol. with innovation they could certainly start fermenting hydrogen fuel in a similar sense as the MIT guys… but for now they are working with ethanol for cars bc that’s the market opportunity and electric car grid is at least 10 years away really nice read… however, you say that photosynthesis is the one magic concept. I find it ironic with you being grapethinkers and all, because you seemed to have overlooked fermentation? they’re currently working on microbial fuel cells that use microorganisms to ferment waste into hydogren fuel. http://live.psu.edu/story/11709

seems like Coskata has a handle on the whole process with gasifying organic waste and then fermenting it into ethanol. with innovation they could certainly start fermenting hydrogen fuel in a similar sense as the MIT guys… but for now they are working with ethanol for cars bc that’s the market opportunity and electric car grid is at least 10 years away

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