One phrase terrifies the global trade community: peak oil. From the moment global oil output starts to decline, the race begins to find the new future for powering our world.

Worryingly, with data lagging a few years behind, some believe this point has been reached already.

So how can algae, and aquaculture, help? Put simply, algae can be manufactured into everything oil can be: biofuels, plastics, animal feed -- you name it -- and without the bothersome complication of carbon emissions. In fact, algae draw carbon from the air.

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