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The disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico illustrates a pressing need for the United States to pass legislative incentives to drive investment dollars into cellulosic and algae-based biofuel facilities, biofuel industry leaders said on Thursday.
"This is just a wakeup call for our dependence on petroleum," said Harrison Dillon, President of Solazyme Inc, which is building an integrated biorefinery in rural Pennsylvania aiming for commercial-scale production of algae-based fuel. Harrison said the BP (BP.L) spill, the largest in U.S. history, highlights the "ugly side of our dependence on fossil fuels."
"It just points even more strongly for the need for all these technologies to be developed and encouraged. The oil that we make through our process is biodegradable oil. It is made on land. You don't have those kinds of risks," Dillon said.
reuters.com»
The disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico illustrates a pressing need for the United States to pass legislative incentives to drive investment dollars into cellulosic and algae-based biofuel facilities, biofuel industry leaders said on Thursday.
"This is just a wakeup call for our dependence on petroleum," said Harrison Dillon, President of Solazyme Inc, which is building an integrated biorefinery in rural Pennsylvania aiming for commercial-scale production of algae-based fuel. Harrison said the BP (BP.L) spill, the largest in U.S. history, highlights the "ugly side of our dependence on fossil fuels."
"It just points even more strongly for the need for all these technologies to be developed and encouraged. The oil that we make through our process is biodegradable oil. It is made on land. You don't have those kinds of risks," Dillon said.
reuters.com»