High Order Bit: Burning

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Sapphire Energy claims engineered algae can be grown at scale to make a drop‑in crude substitute that is 40× more photosynthetically efficient than land crops. Company data and plans state a New Mexico test farm, a 1 million gallons/year demo in 2011 then 100M by 2018 and 1 billion by 2025, >230 patents, >$100M raised. Independent life‑cycle numbers show ~70% lower CO2 and the process captures 14–15 kg CO2 per gallon; airline and car demos run successfully.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 1:10World Energy Market
3. 1:51Hydrocarbons are less expensive than water!
4. 2:34Today's energy system is unsustainable
5. 4:41The Solution: Algae enabled by breakthrough biology
6. 6:26Land required to produce 100% of U.S. transportation needs
7. 6:41Algae is a 'Drop In' fuel-we can still use our valuable infrastructure investments
8. 8:12Algae is low carbon
9. 9:01Algae is sustainable
10. 11:03Algae fuel production is on the way
11. 11:53Fuel from algae is proven technology