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Algae as Fue + = + Sunligh t CO 2 Water Algae Algae biodiesel producers claim they will be able to make over 100,000 gallons of algae oil per acre per year It will take 140 billion gallons of biodiesel each year to replace petroleum products each year If 95 million acres of land were used for biodiesel production, biodiesel would be produced at a great enough rate to replace petroleum each year Algae can be grown inside to further reduce land use for fuel production Half of algae’s compositio n by weight is oil A major benefit of algae biodiesel is that unlike ethanol, its production does not remove edible crops from the market Sources Newman, Stefani. "How Algae Biodiesel Works." HowStuffWorks. HowStuffWorks.com, 18 June 2008.
