Summary (1) UK announces world's largest biofuel project

The government wants to fund the project of using algae instead of using fossil fuels in the cars. Mark Williamson said “the algae can deal with climate change and it could be alternative energy for planes and cars and algae can cut carbon emissions”. The UK government wants to reduce by 80% carbon emissions by 2050. The scientists hope to find a strain that can produce oil for using as car fuel. The first stage is the Carbon Trust thinks the algae biofuels could replace the fossil fuels. “The Carbon Trust will spend lot of money for making research about making algae with high oil content and which grow quickly” Trezona said. The second stage involves an increase in the algae growth operation. The Carbon Trust will build multi hectares to act as laboratories for algae. ” Algae can produce more biomass if they get 12 months of warmth”. In the past there was an effort to develop biofuels from algae by the US. But the project ended and no one succeeded with it. The Carbon Trust believes that interest in algae has been renewed. Several companies around the world are already involved in making fuels from algae and algae have the ability to remove CO2 from the air.

Main idea: The Carbon Trust tries to reduce using fossil fuels and uses algae.

Comments: In my opinion we should use the algae fuel to protect the air and our environment from pollution; we should remove the fossil fuel from our cars and planes to save money.