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I don't think it matters if its converted to diesel vs. run as straight oil. The average length of the hydro-carbon chains in the feed stock would affect the energy density and yield I suppose but it SHOULD all work.
The research is all ag. based because big ag has all the lobyists. IIRC...
I think I found a summary...though what I'm thinking of was a few thousand pages IIRC. Its refered to as the "close out report", linked from the powerpoint and other places on the internet. The link is now dead
www.nrel.gov/biomass/pdfs/24190.pdf
power point...
I'm not expert but have been reading about algae-based bio-D on and off for a few years. I think that the strain...or more accurately the BEST strain, is the million dollar question. At one point about 5 or 6 years ago I stumbled into a lengthy Department of Energy study that outlined several...