Algae is Wonderful Stuff

From the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy:

#ICYMI: Soon you can #HangTen with a #surfboardmade from #algae instead of plastics produced from petroleum. An Energy Department joint research and development investment with biotech firm Solazyme and the UC San Diego’s (UCSD) California Center for Algae Biotechnology has resulted in the world’s first surfboard made using algal oil. Read more about this project which is key in our effort to produce more plastics using algae instead of petroleum:http://go.usa.gov/38VqQ.
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