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Western Australia Expert Leads Algae to Oil Research |
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Marine phycologist Professor Michael Borowitzska of Murdoch University has been researching algae as a feedstock for biofuel for more than 25 years, but interest – and funding – have waxed and waned with the price of oil. as petrol is tipped to hit $1.75 a litre, using oil-rich algae to make biodiesel is becoming far more feasible; also: There are more than 40,000 species of micro-algae. Of these, a very small proportion has the right properties for biodiesel
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