Can algae save the world? | DW Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 9 мар 2024
- Using algae to solve humanity’s most pressing problems - that’s the ambitious aim of a team of researchers from Germany. After all, algae are posessed of staggering superpowers: for example, the ability to bind CO2. Algae can also be used to make plastic substitutes and even medication.
For a research project called "Waste to value”, Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences biologist Michael Lakatos and his team are investigating the potential uses of microalgae. Some species form limestone, which could be used to make bio-cement - thereby reducing CO₂. Other forms of algae could serve as a biologically-based plastic substitute. Yet others could produce edible dyes - using sunlight and CO₂. The researchers are traveling the world in search of especially talented algae and bacteria.
The filmmakers accompany the team members for almost a year - even following them into a Spanish cave used to emulate life on Mars. After all, algae could have many potential uses in space, including as a foodstuff for astronauts.
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21:50 i love how these guys are smiling talking about their research. they obviously are proud to be helping. ❣
This world never fails to amaze me. Its beautiful and magnificent. Love these peoples work. Doing some brilliant research.
what drug are u on
See Dr Candace Pert's book "Molecules of Emotion" published in 1997. Her work was used to tout blue-green algae benefits in a pamphlet "Hope is a Molecule"
Things like this are what always give me hope: even when things seem to be at their worst, there are always people out there working on projects I couldn’t even dream of, with the potential to help people and the planet in incredible ways 😊❤ thanks DW, for delivering yet again
Thanks or watching!
*for @@DWDocumentary
When you realize that crude oil is nothing but fossilized Algae oil, algae becomes a crucial part of green future.
It's not just the fats in the algae that became oil. Basically all their carbon and hydrogen got crushed together which includes all their proteins and cellulose. Thankfully they had lots of cellulose.
@@GoingtoHecq Is algae a good source of Omega 3? I want to change my source from Salmon oil
But aren't we tired of fossil fuels?
¡¡¡¡¡Grandioso!!!!! Not only is the subject fascinating, but also the passion with which it is conveyed is fascinating.
I'm a chick forest technician from Montreal, my daughter's a biologist, a self-made mycologist, we are STEM (my son's a nurse, he's STEM too)
Thank you once again DW! An amazing research! Fantaszikus! Brilliant! Awesome!
I wonder how many years it takes for the algae grown in that façade when it becomes equivalent to the CO2 produced while building the façade itself? Metal, water all are resources and process consumes energy.
If alge make plastic and we use this plastic to grow more plastic growing alge we might get somewhere.
But from what I know of my university where they also work with algea there is no way they help us in fighting climate change because they are not efficient enough. However they are good for producing high quality chemicals, medicin and food.
Climate change is mostly fixed by electrefying heating transport and industry. The Algea and ecosystems around the globe will help absorb most of the CO2 and we need to find all the big poluters fix them so that the CO2 is stored under the earth again and not released.
If the system is engineered optimally and maintained, algae can grow crazy fast because they don't need to dedicate energy to make cellulose like trees do.
Can it disolve politicians and lawyers?
it can dissolve the "s" in that word.
😂
The politicians are so hard-headed I don't think that would work dissolving them they're too far gone I was thinking more on the order of a cattle prod that might work.
LOL!
I'm so glad to meet someone who understands what is ruining the environment.
Oh I loved this film! Completely fascinating and I so enjoyed the enthusiasm of the researchers. I support all efforts to work with nature, in particular our algae which definitely have a big future in new technologies of various kinds. Looking forward to my first algae meal!
Fundamental Aspect of Algae is for Carbon Fixation and to make use of it to have some commercial products ranging from Bioplastics, Edible Oils, BioEthanol, BioJet Fuels, and other Pharmaceutical Products.
Spirulina is so healthy, I eat everyday.
Yes! Hope is green!
Great job guys and thank you for the brilliant research! Your work gives hope amidst climate crises
Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!
I want algae at home.
you can grow spirulina
@@AmonTheWitchor chlorella if he's more interested in their oils
It's very easy to grow...it's everywhere!
I wonder why they used barbed wire at 3:35. Is someone going to steal their equipment?
I really hope that they will find algae that can grow to higher titers. Otherwise reactor volume will be a limiting factor to economical viability. 1-10 g/L is simply to little.
The promises of algae have been around for quite sometimes but asides of some niches product it failed to deliver
This is true. But that does not mean that it will continue to fail to deliver. Meanwhile, LED lighting has helped increase the scale of production
I'm still waiting for algae to appear in stores, as long as it's cheaper than rice I would eat it 👌
coral would be the algee that makes limestone. Well something like it. The problem is that it is full of wholes so refinement would still need to happen.
Perhaps, the "Hieros Gamos" "Nigredo" it has been finally found...quite an Organism...
Always makes me literally smile to see people so genuinely passionate, happy and excited for their work and contributions. Respect from a saddish corpo-rat :')
It was a scientific informative documentary about Algea its usefulness for survival and growing in the most crucial environments that means utilizing Algea for fighting climate change and mass pollutants ... Thank you for an excellent ( DW) documentary channel .for sharing this wonderful documentary.
Thank you for watching. :)
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Whats it all about algae
Very good
Algae is an interesting organism.
Motor fuel can be harvested using algae. Petroleum actually is a derivative from algae.
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EXXON just pulled all their algae funding - since they couldn't make a profit from it. In fact the exact opposite is true - only IF we grow algae farms to "Mummify" algae can we SAVE earth from the Oil we have burned (that yes came from algae as you point out). Ecology is primary to economics.
But how much motor feul can one produce? Is it commercially viable?
@@irokpe6977its not viable will never happen. Electrification is the way to go thats why it is used already and all car manufacturars jump on board.
Planes can not be electryfied as well but Brazil is already running on ethanol we might use that stuf for lonher flights and get some electric short flight options. I think flying is one of the tough nuts to crack other areas are much easier. Synthetic fuels made from algea is not a likely future my prof who is algea researcher said he did the calculation and the answear is no way not efficient enough.
@@irokpe6977
It remains to be seen. One gallon of diesel fuel from algae is currently $300...technology advances likely will reduce cost.
I always like being optimistic.
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God bless this people and all those who do their part to sustain and improve life on this planet !
What an interesting technology, alge is solution for lots of our problems
The algae could also make fuel for usage.😮
Flower can save the world 😶🌫️ 🌍 ❤️
Dw you ❤
In America this is a new food additive documentary for our greedy corporations
it's not dangerous to eat?
@@AmonTheWitch 🤣 additives, preservatives, and artificial flavorings are the American staple. Of course we need more stuff placed in our food with rat droppings and bacteria being allowed by our government. Yum yum yum...
I agree. It's definitely something they will use to dilute (adulterate) the foods we actually think we are buying and want to buy. Pea protein has made it's way into a lot of foods it has no business being a part of. Now anybody with peanut or any legumes allergies are unable to eat a lot of foods they had previously been able to eat safely. None of those foods needed pea protein but it's now a cheap filler. Human food is being treated like the cheapest of dog foods.
I hope this comes in time.... I also hope we dont ruin this with Political or Economics reasons... But it is marvelous to think that we have everything available to live on this planet without ruin it further... I give my full respect to the scientists/researchers.....
Algae is wonderful and I'm glad people are starting to recognize its potential. However we must be mindful. Reducing pollution is great but if the governments over compensate they will starve life. Low CO2 results in de-greening. Plants require and thrive on it, which means so do the animals and us. We should focus more on eliminating pollution and waste, not so hyper focused on CO2. They're oversimplifying a complex issue which is dangerous.
LOL
No one intends to bring the CO2 content of the atmosphere below 280ppm.
So far, no one has been able to do so.
In fact, we don't even get a little bit of CO2 pulled out of atmosphere.
How do you know so much nonsense? 😂
Do they need like oxygen to survive?
No, they breath water
Blue Green Algae sells for $40 to $100 per kilogram as a superfood, if I remember correctly. Canada's Prairie Naturals. I'd estimate Canada's prairie lakes produce enough to feed billions of people. Deutschland+ Canada's First Nations business development should be able to commercialize the lakes near their territories. I suspect First Nations have used this food source for thousands of years. 😂
Because people shine a flashlight very often in this cave.
Increase partial dissolved carbon in the water and pressure above the water set using machine learning for maximum bloom yield.
It is not photosyntesis rather chemical reaction. TIme: 5:05 and forward.
Love from Bangladesh ❤
"Our plan is to grow algae on the side of buildings.".... "Why?" .... "Because it looks futuristic".... "Funding revoked"
I can’t wait to eat a big bowl of algae and crickets in the future! Mmmm 😋, algae and crickets is my favorite
blah blah blah, you're already eating bugs, take off your tinfoil hat and stop crying
Judging by this our great grandchildren would one day be looking back incredulously at us having eaten cow. Can't wait.
Was this an ad? lol
Why feel so surprised a bacteria can still survive in a less light environment...A living will evolved and learn to adapt to its environment for the sake of survival..
It's for shock value. No one is really surprised, they are just looking to find more specimens.
Politicians & lawyers rank below 2nd hand car salesmen which is below the single cell amoeba.
'And now it's up to the politicians'. Oh my - ! Oh sh!t - !
People are one thing, the world is another
I eat a credit card for lunch and a debit card for dinner. I skip breakfast because I'm on intermittent fasting.
If only they could cure cancer, hiv and diabetes
Certain types of sound waves can kill cancer cells
And live long enough to witness the demise of earth.
I just ate some bread that had mold on it.
mold is a fungus, algae is different more plant like
Nii tää oli tää teidän juttu mistä tuli niin
No
Black metalhead spotted at 18:37 😄
Aye y’all seen Aniara? 👀
Can kill human species , like in a horror movie ?
Can the world save algae??
How/why you ask???
@@JusticeAlways Harmful algal blooms??
@@iii___iii they're a problem but very separate from growing algae ourselves, harmful algae blooms are accidental
Big up to them....the kind of projects tax money should be channelled to instead of advancing weapons for mass killing and disruption of the world
Algae's the fattest f on earth
The world doesn't need to be saved, it will be fine.
It is humans who need to be saved - from ourselves and our stupid activities.
The world will be fine, with or without us.
Have the Germans come to NZ to take algae from our volcanic regions
This is good work and another example of why the west is a positive force for good for the planet!
🆕️🆒️emission 🆓️
Thank you Germans for your engineering and smarts helping make the world better - just don't go back into war mode again and the world will be better off ;).
Why do we want to go to a desert called Mars, where there is nothing?
I want my tax dollars to go towards research on this planet and it's problems.
Let the private sector traverse the solar system for all I care.
Everything we need to know about science and technology, is right here on this rare and beautiful blue planet.
Stop steeling info !!! And and do survilance on Me and others.
why does the female narrator sound like an AI voice?
Whata bs video.
Too bad the video is ruined by speaking English over those Germans instead of just using subtitles.
The Next video will be about sleep-- how vitamins ,minerals get s absorbd.
The principe simple --body relax end nutriens gets absorbed.more strees more waist energy .
If somebody want to try this just try at one nigh lay in the bad without moving at all am you will see .
With such a budgets they still show you these video and nothink new .show us the actual product!! With already help bilion of people !!!!! You just dont have what it takes accepts creating this video just because you Steel info and registrer in the system as yours!!!! But the budged you have shows that you just la,,zy jeal...lous kriminals...
Can DW stop posting old material as new? People seen in this release still are wearing mask. Clearly from a few years back.
But l will solve out this problem---budget problem l mean and the problem of Time ,because you just do politikcs nothing else.
Fascinating! The true origins of life 🪨 I approve all your doing, thank you and wish all the success. Live long and prosper.
What is "alGEE'" ? How is gae pronouced gee?? I'm confused. Also, is Mr Lactose intolerant?? 😂
False premise: the world needs saving
No it can't. There saved your time
This video is about only one professor with a Kentucky Fried Chicken Colonel Sanders mustache! Two thumbs down!
Dumb comment.
There is NOTHING wrong with the world!!
But there is EVERYTHING wrong with you!!
Yes there is. You!!
Just the cost of petroleum keeps going up...algae can be a competitor for motor fuel...that's what this is about.
Take care...👍
@@JusticeAlwaysNo it's NOT. The Natural carbon cycle is 12 gigatons per 200 years. We are currently emitting 1000 to 5000 gigatons of CO2 - that was algae and now is oil. So we need algae to REVERSE the oil we have burned - not to create more oil.
@@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885 they're too brain poisoned, don't waste your energy
meat is our demise.