Today in BsAs, met a biodiesel farmers’ cooperative from Argentina making a pitch for investments in jatropha, industrial castor seed planting and subsequent oil extraction. Husks of the seed drive biomass electricity and CO2 generated from burning husks is funneled into a bioreactor(Seeded with algae) producing 500,000 liters of oil – not sure the amount of seed husks required. Staggering…
Al Fin: 100,000 Gallons of Oil per Acre: Closed Loop Algae
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Boosting credibility in the outsourced satellite launching business.
via The Times of India
Setting a world record, India’s Polar rocket on Monday successfully placed ten satellites, including the country’s remote sensing satellite, into orbit in a single mission. ( Watch )The ten pack launch of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) saw the 230-tonne Polar Satellite launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9) carry the heaviest luggage–824 kgs–and put into orbit an Indian Mini Satellite and eight foreign nano satellites besides the Cartosat-2A remote sensing satellite.
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