Getting water in your fuel line is bad news with any car, but in diesel engines it can be a particularly nasty issue. Here's what happens if water gets in.

The new, old alternative fuel — Algae? Rich Hilt. January 24, 2007 9:59 AM ... if the next “Tiger in our tanks†are tiny “Creatures from the Black Lagoon.†Yes, algae.

I should have known better.Having never needed to purchase diesel fuel before, except to pour into my 20-gallon parts washer, when the time came to fi. ... Black algae growth, ...

Battersby is watching closely because during Solazyme and Propel’s 30-day experiment, algae-based fuel was also available for the diesel-powered vehicles at U.C. Davis. Battersby says drivers ...

A ceremony was held Tuesday at one of the Propel stations that will be selling the fuel Solazyme, which can be used in diesel engines. Some 20% of the fuel is oils made from algae.

Algae can also be tricked into making methane, another fuel the diesel engine could possibly consume. Think of a diesel engine as a garbage disposal taking in whatever fuel you put into it and ...

During the two-year evaluation, Solazyme’s, now commercial, Soladiesel RD® (100-percent algae-derived renewable diesel fuel) and the Amyris plant-sugar derived renewable diesel formula was used ...

Genetically modified blue and green algae could be the answer to the world's fuel problems. Bioengineers have already developed algae that produce ethanol, oil and even diesel -- and the only ...

At this point in world history, just about everyone understands the problems that go with fossil fuels — especially the gasoline and diesel fuel that we create from crude oil. For example, there ...

ExxonMobil has invested $600 million to design better strains of algae and to convert them into fuel. Meanwhile, several start-up companies—including Aurora Biofuels and Solix Biofuels —have built ...

Their goal is to create a fuel that runs better than standard diesel while contributing much less pollution and CO2 into the atmosphere. Specifically, they hope to create a fuel that minimizes ...