Wealth in Green

As the world feels the dark and looming calm of the after effect of the financial markets of the world, the turmoil resulting from the investments made in the productive years leading to 2008. A sure investment is given; alternative fuels can come out profitably both financially and for the environment. Millions of dollars spent in the United States alone on the advertisement of crude oil and other forms of renewable energy such as algae, and corn are used to persuade the consumers to switch or use that type of fuel. However it is up to the consumer to decide what to invest in and make profitable. Who would have though filling up a tank of gas could have so much value?

The main opposition to green movement would be OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, it uses the system of oligopoly thus a monopoly with a few players (27 countries) controlling the majority of the market approximately 40% of the current global exports are from OPEC. This current system is financially profitably however it has not and most likely will not address the green and global warming issues. Thus OPEC will fail once a better alternative is secured and sold to the public. These steps are making short term investments into OPEC profitable but in the long run not, a sound investment.

A single alternative could be the plant algae. Algae not only produce exponential amounts of energy, about 100,000 pounds per acre per year using a Vertigo system with the only intake being the sun, but it also does so with no waste or by products or effects. The theory is such that about fifty percent of the weight of algae is oil that could be changed into bio-fuel. In combination with the fact that algae is one of the fastest growing plants in world only adds to the demand and efficiency of this type of alternative fuel.

Thirdly the use of crops such as corn to create bio-fuel could present another alternative. Corn can be used to create ethanol fuel as in the type of run flex fuel vehicles, which use a mix of about 85% ethanol and 15% regular gasoline. With corn based ethanol mixes fuel mileage is not as high as that of regular gasoline and refuel stations are at about 600 and are primarily located in the Midwest United States. When looked at alone, corn seems to be a ludicrous idea to invest in but if the use of algae and corn were combined within the next five years it would be possible to overcome crude oil i.e fossil fuels. Not only would the fuel be more effiencent but the fuel would also be cleaner as in better for the environment and for the consumer's bottom line. The investment into algae along with corn would most likely make any investor profitable.

In the up and coming year during the calm period of investment, this will be the time for investors to choose what companies and types of alternative fuels will become powerful. This is the period of reform and the investments of the unknown companies could make or break the financial future of the United States.

 

Marko Pecic

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