We ARE Trying to Solve World Hunger: How Open Source Biofuels Will Change Phoenix and the World - Brad Biddle - Presentation Transcript
Photo: Ken Costello chemsistryland.com
$1 per gallon
"...a watershed for AZ biodiesel...“ " ...never been at a conference with such broad representation, from corporate, to government, education, NGOs and home brewers..." Photo: Ken Costello
Sustainable feedstocks
Create and use fuel locally
Benefits
Environmental
Economic
$4,000,000,000
Regional security
National security
Waste Vegetable Oil
10M+ gallons/year
>50% uncollected
Collected WVO:
> ⅔ animal feed
< ⅓ biodiesel
Replace 5% of diesel
100,000 tons of CO2
= 20,000 cars off road
80 sewer blockages/year
Algae Photo: ASU XL Renewables
INPUTS:
Sun
Heat
CO2
Wastewater
Non-arable land
OUTPUTS:
Fuel
Food
‘ Nutraceuticals’
CO2 capture
Clean water
Algae Central
Algae biofuel pilot plant: “ From Test Tube to Fuel Tank” A public-private partnership: Government/University/Non-Profit/Commercial
Renderings by Grey Fowles
CO2 capture/sequestration Wastewater remediation
Algae biofuels wiki
Enable community-based solutions Fuel (vehicles and cooking fires), food, clean water
We ARE trying to solve world hunger…
… and enable sustainable regional biofuels in Arizona and worldwide
Petroleum fuel and biofuels like ethanol are made and distributed under a highly-centralized “cathedral” model. The right model for fuel production is the “bazaar” — highly-distributed community-based production, using local, environmentally-friendly inputs. We are developing an algae biofuel demonstration plant based on open source principles. We’ll enable communities in developed and developing countries to cheaply create fuel for vehicles and cooking fires, and create food and clean water. Our (modest) goals: end the dominance of Big Oil and Big Agriculture, clean our air, dramatically improve our local economy, end smoke death (2nd leading cause of death in developing countries), and end world hunger. less
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