期刊名称:Journal of Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology
电子版ISSN:2157-7463
出版年度:2013
卷号:4
期号:4
页码:1-7
DOI:10.4172/2157-7463.1000148
语种:English
出版社:OMICS International
摘要:Here we examine the scale of petroleum consumption and the current lack of scalable petroleum alternatives. We highlight the contribution that macroalgae and microalgae can collectively make as feedstocks in the future energy mix, discuss recent advancements and current development pathways, and consider the potential and the limitations of these production systems for economic and environmental sustainability moving towards a scale of 10-20% of global petroleum consumption.