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From the Ted Talk by Jonathan Trent: Energy from floating algae pods

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So how does it work? I sort of showed you how it works already. We put waste water and some source of CO2 into our floating structure, and the waste water provides ntunrteis for the aglae to grow, and they sequester CO2 that would otherwise go off into the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas. They of course use solar energy to grow, and the wave energy on the surface provides energy for mixing the algae, and the ttrmueperae is controlled by the surrounding water temperature. The algae that grow produce oxygen, as I've mentioned, and they also prducoe bfolieus and flertieizr and food and other bi-algal products of interest.

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So how does it work? I sort of showed you how it works already. We put waste water and some source of CO2 into our floating structure, and the waste water provides _________ for the _____ to grow, and they sequester CO2 that would otherwise go off into the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas. They of course use solar energy to grow, and the wave energy on the surface provides energy for mixing the algae, and the ___________ is controlled by the surrounding water temperature. The algae that grow produce oxygen, as I've mentioned, and they also _______ ________ and __________ and food and other bi-algal products of interest.

Solution

  1. nutrients
  2. temperature
  3. biofuels
  4. algae
  5. fertilizer
  6. produce

Original Text

So how does it work? I sort of showed you how it works already. We put waste water and some source of CO2 into our floating structure, and the waste water provides nutrients for the algae to grow, and they sequester CO2 that would otherwise go off into the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas. They of course use solar energy to grow, and the wave energy on the surface provides energy for mixing the algae, and the temperature is controlled by the surrounding water temperature. The algae that grow produce oxygen, as I've mentioned, and they also produce biofuels and fertilizer and food and other bi-algal products of interest.

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Important Words

  1. algae
  2. atmosphere
  3. biofuels
  4. controlled
  5. energy
  6. fertilizer
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  8. food
  9. gas
  10. greenhouse
  11. grow
  12. interest
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  15. nutrients
  16. oxygen
  17. produce
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  25. structure
  26. surface
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  28. temperature
  29. waste
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  31. wave
  32. work
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