Algae facts

• Some algae can live in hot sprins.
• Output is staggering: algae produce 6,000 gallons of oil and 98 tonnes of meal per hectare — or about 2.5 acres — every year. That’s about 30 to 100 times more than other alternative fuel sources, such as soybeans.
• Some algae seem more like animals than plants.
• As they grow, algae absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2): approximately — 154 tons of CO2 are absorbed from the atmosphere per hectare annually.
• Some algae even hunt and kill fish for food!
• Algae recycle 97% of all water in the growth and harvest process.
• Fossilized Algae are used to make dynamite.
• Algal meal is high in protein (39%) and suitable for use as an animal feed and in nutritional supplements: even as food replacements in some countries.
• Just 15,000 square miles of algae could replace all the petroleum used in the U.S. in one year: according to the Department of Energy.