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Green Fuel (Literally) (1 Letter)To the Editor: Re “Scientists Would Turn Greenhouse Gas Into Gasoline” (Feb. 19), on a proposal to remove carbon dioxide from the air and convert it to fuel: Algae may present a shorter path to large-scale, carbon-neutral fuel — one that unlike the CO2 proposal would require no nuclear power to produce. Intentional “blooms” of wild algae, grown on some of the billions of gallons of wastewater collected at sewage treatment plants, could be dried and burned in solid-fuel power plants instead of coal. Thomas SullivanVineyard Haven, Mass. Science Times welcomes letters from readers. Those submitted for publication must include the writers name, address and telephone number. E-mail should be sent to scitimes@nytimes.com. Send letters to Science Editor, The New York Times, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018. Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationNews Analysis: Crossing a Threshold on Energy Legislation...Forecasting Climate, Decade by Decade... Proving That Seeing Shouldn?t Always Be Believing... New Rocket Has Problem With Vibration... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - Green Fuel (Literally) (1 Letter) |
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