May 24th, 2009 NASA Grows Algae to be Used as Biofuel
Like coffee, algae is currently being explored as a possible biofuel. Recently, NASA has been getting in on the act. NASA wants to farm algae at sea for multiple reasons. Benefits to this plan include the fact that algae is oil-rich and easy to grow, that ocean nurseries leave land free for food production and that process should take out more carbon than it contributes from the environment. Another benefit is that this process purifies waste water pumped into the ocean.