Highlight the porn aspect of turning algae into a bio-fuel:

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  • Some types of algae are about 50 percent oil, suitable for biodiesel
  • U.S. government is once again experimenting with algae as fuel source
  • Scientists say there may be hundreds of thousands of species not yet identified
  • Algae have extraordinarily diverse sex lives
[…] I’m too sexy for my pond And who knew that single celled plants could be such “hotties” when it comes to sex? Kertz said it’s a real “algae orgy” under the microscope. Some algae reproduce sexually, some asexually, while many combine both modes. In some green algae the type of reproduction may be altered if there are changes in environmental conditions, such as lack of moisture or nutrients.