Olympic Nightmare = Biofuel?

Posted by Wamsley on July 1, 2008 under Environment | Be the First to Comment

“With less than six weeks before it plays host to the Olympic sailing regatta, the city of Qingdao has mobilized thousands of people and an armada of small boats to clean up an algae bloom that is choking large stretches of the coastline and threatening to impede the Olympic competition.” (excerpt from article).

China should be looking into converting all this algae into fuel, assuming it can be done. At least they seem to be using it to feed animals and what not.

LINK: Olympic nightmare: A red tide in the Yellow Sea (IHT.com)

This seems to be only one of many problems hitting China with only weeks until the start of the Olympics. With water running low, unbearable smog, civil rights issues involving Tibet, and recent natural disasters still looming, amongst other issues, I have no idea how they will pull this huge event off with all of the world watching.