When I mine my first landfill you can fill it with algae.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:28, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

This could be a job for TGB
tyo provide alarge wet and warm recepticle for the growth of algae
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:28, Reply)

I'd rather use a reactor so I can control the environment
plus, we've already developed and tested them, it's just I can't be arsed to commercialise right now, you have to deal with such wankers to get it going.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:29, Reply)

That's true,
Still there's some fat cat quango green initiative money out there.
www.carbontrust.co.uk/emerging-technologies/current-focus-areas/algae-biofuels-challenge/pages/algae-biofuels-challenge.aspx
(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:32, Reply)

Actually that funding has stopped.
Probably some euro money about though.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:34, Reply)

carbon trust are cunts* and I wouldn't touch them with yours


*carbon trust are not actually cunts but have really prohibitive IP restrictions which mean I'm not prepared to work with them at the moment.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:34, Reply)

They seem a bit too slick to me.
edit: but anyway I think it's a good idea, and if you can use waste or contaminated water and clean it with the Algae you'll add another way to make money.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:35, Reply)

you need fairly hardcore shit
to deal with contaminated water - rhodococcus, clostridia, say, rather than algae - but we've looked at linked systems to do both.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:00, Reply)

You say the most romantic things

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:29, Reply)

he does, doesn't he

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:31, Reply)

Come on baby, come back to my hotel
there are complimentary biscuits and I have chocolate mousse...
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:32, Reply)