“Beauty Will Save the World.” ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“So will algae and mold.” ~ Jeff  Stanger

Continental Airlines successfully conducted a test flight with a Boeing 747 powered by biofuel today.  Now, when I think biofuel, I think corn. Or, maybe soybeans. I don’t think algae. You don’t think algae. (You don’t do you?) But, the biofuel mad scientists at Continental thought algae.  They proudly claim they’re the first to try to fly a plane powered by algae. I believe them.

Is this taking the Green movement too far? I’m not sure. Don’t expect to fly on an algae powered plane anytime soon, however. UOP, the company that helped develop the technology with Continental says “there isn’t enough sustainable feedstock at the right price point to able to be competitive with petroleum.”

This of course caused me to ponder how the world could produce “sustainable feedstock.” And then it hit me: Mold. There is plenty of mold in the average college student fridge. If algae could be converted to fuel, why not mold? They’re both green! And if mold could be converted, and if it could be harvested from student refrigerators, and if we could power airplanes with it, and if I could end this sentence, Al Gore could finally wander off into the woods in peace.

So, let’s ask President Elect Obama to invest in Mold Fuel.  I just looked in my fridge and there is enough to power my PT Cruiser for at least a week!

Carry on, Citizens!