为了应对地球的温室效应,解决日益紧张的能源问题,日本计划开辟一个巨大的养殖场,大量养殖一种叫马尾藻的海藻,并利用它来制造生物乙醇。这项计划将解决日本汽油消费量的1/3。目前利用谷物来制造生物乙醇的成本很高,而养殖几乎不能食用的马尾藻是解决再生能源的极好办法。进行这项研究的日本三菱综合研究所、京都府立海洋中心、东京海洋大学于2008年3月12日在东京召开了研究成果报告会。 To cope with the global warming and to solve the increasingly tense energy issue, Japan plans to open up a huge farm to produce large quantities of algae called Sargasso, and use it to make bioethanol. The plan will solve Japan’s gasoline consumption of 1/3. The current cost of producing bioethanol from cereals is high, and the cultivation of almost inedible Sargassum is an excellent solution to renewable energy. The Mitsubishi Research Institute, Kyoto Prefectural Marine Center and Tokyo Marine University, which carried out the study, held a research report in Tokyo on March 12, 2008.