algal biofuel
Algal biofuel is the green-clad hero of Earth’s salvation, powered more by budgets and wishful thinking than by actual algae. Utter a few keywords like “sustainability” and “carbon neutrality,” and witness the miraculous disappearance of any lingering guilt over depleting resources. Each time researchers and corporations extoll its virtues, they perform a cheap theater of purpose that audiences applaud. The road to practical use crawls slower than algae reproduction, while global warming and expenses speed by in the opposite lane. In the end, burning algae may leave nothing behind but humanity’s sweet delusions.