Now, our friends over at Translogic put together a video showing the algae-derived diesel being used in a Volkswagen Passat TDI – as well as getting burned by the US Navy. As we learned when we ...

Water can also harbor microbes, and may contaminate your fuel with something known as "diesel algae." The slimy, living, substance has a good chance of clogging up your fuel system relatively quickly.

also called "diesel bugs" or diesel algae. It doesn't take much for diesel to absorb water from the air and its surroundings, and those "diesel bugs" or microbial sludge could also clog the ...

Previous algae energy research was conducted by the Department of Energy from 1978 until 1996. PetroSun says that research shows that algae might be able to produce 30 times (!) more oil per acre ...