Hello folks,
I'm 99% sure this will happen at ATA in San Francisco, but please don't
call them asking about it till I confirm for sure- if you need more info
feel free to email me:
classregistration@... .This should be a 6-9 event. Thanks to A.
Mark Liiv of SF Biofuels Coop for setting up the space logistics!
Biodiesel co-ops, feel free to come 'table' if you wish.

I just wanted to keep people updated before you all take off for any
holiday plans. I'll send out a final announcement tomorrow morning.

thanks,
Mark

Jan 9th talk on algae biofuels technology
speaker: algae researcher Jon Meuser, Ph.D. Candidate - Division of
Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
for more information please email classregistration@...

Talk description:

Our society's inevitable transition to real-time solar energy will
require a symposium of technologies that capture solar energy and
transform it into useable forms, including biofuels. Many biofuels
depend on residues of existing industries like agriculture or forestry
and are generally geographically dependent. However, major
displacement of fossil fuels will require the development of
fuel-specific crops suitable to many regions. Biodiesel is a
renewable, easily mobilized biofuel high in solar-derived energy
density that already represents about 1% of the U.S. diesel market.
Total displacement of the petrodiesel market by biodiesel will require
increases in oil availability not possible with traditional
agricultural crops or byproducts of existing industries. It is
estimated that algae can produce 100x more oil per acre than soy. As
current technical barriers are overcome, biodiesel from algae and
other non-traditional crops will likely alleviate the problem of
feedstock availability and global dependence on petrodiesel.

speaker bio:

A native of California's central valley, Jonathan Meuser is currently
a graduate student at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) in Golden,
Colorado studying biological fuel production and identifying organisms
with ideal properties for fuel production. His current research
focuses on the natural biodiversity of photosynthetic fuel production
by algae, including hydrogen and lipids. When he can get out of the
lab, Jon also enjoys teaching the fine art of biodiesel homebrewing
with his mobile biodiesel processor and is a co-organizer of the
Biodiesel Coops Conference held in July at CSM.