Auros (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} auros) wrote, |
Yeah, I'm aware of some of what you're talking about... As I mentioned, my understanding of the Presidio team's approach is using some hardier strains that produce less oil, with the specific intent of having some mining-waste contaminants leech into the water and get captured in the non-oil mass of the algae, so it's then out of the soil and can be disposed of somehow or other... I don't know all the details -- they aren't giving away everything about their business plan -- but I think they're in talks to get funding to try out their technique on an actual piece of mined-out land.
