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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] CO2 Scrubbers
And just put in some of those bioluminescent bacteria in the same tank. They
could eat the waste products from the algae and supply some portion of the light
needed to keep the algae going!
But as for eating - I don't know. I've heard corn does a pretty good job of
putting off O2. maybe a sub with a lower 40, make your own ethanol to boot and
eat corn on the cob, save the cobs for the head, (couldn't have an outhouse on a
sub.) Why a fellow could just about stay submerged for at least one growing
season! Has John Deere ever ventured into the sub sector? All you investors
out there get ready for this one. John Deere - an emergent technologies stock!
Dan
TeslaTony@aol.com on 08/08/2000 06:09:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] CO2 Scrubbers
In a message dated 8/7/00 8:58:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
stephenwhite20@yahoo.com writes:
> I am not saying your idea will not work, I am just
> saying that using algae would be more of a pain than
> it is worth in a PSUB...but when you create the "swamp
> breather" and make millions, you can laugh all the way
> to the bank.
>
Yeah, I do have to agree that it is going to be tricky to get working, but
the advantages that a "swamp breather" (hey, I like that name....) would have
over a regular pressurized tank/sofnolime scrubber would be big, take for
instance:
1. If there is a fire, the algae and nutrients would probably put the fire
out instead of turning into a multi-thousand degree torch as happens with
pressurized tanks of O2.
2. It's a lot cheaper than a standard system, since the systems materials
would cost around $50-$100 and last quite a while, the nutrients for the
algae would be fairly cheap and the algae itself costs little to nothing if
you grow it yourself with the biggest cost being storage and nutrients.
3. You won't need pressure regulators, microcomputer control systems or any
other expensive hardware that could kill you by failing.
4. If all else fails, eat it.
Anthony