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Mountains of brown, sludgy sargassum, an invasive species of seaweed, have rendered popular beaches in the Caribbean into an unsightly mess.
The situation has become so dire that Barbados' prime minister Mia Mottley declared the invasion a national emergency in 2018.

But there could be a silver lining, the BBC reports: scientists say sargassum could be a lucrative source of biogas, turning the fibrous species into a fuel that can power converted combustion engine cars.

A group of Caribbean scientists recently launched the first-ever vehicles converted to run on the stuff — a creative endeavor that turns a dire environmental crisis into a golden opportunity.

The team at the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Barbados developed a conversion kit that can turn a conventional gas-powered car into one that runs on the seaweed product for just $2,500.
Tourism has suffered a lot from the seaweed; hotels have been spending millions on tackling it.

The team combined rum distillery wastewater with sargassum inside a bioreactor and found that it produced plenty of usable biogas.
Within just two weeks we got pretty good results.

Sargassum has become a major problem, threatening not just local endangered wildlife but even human health due to the hydrogen sulfide it releases as it decomposes.

By repurposing it in vehicles you protect tourism and prevent people from inhaling it.When we scale up to fuel more vehicles it will require a very large volume. While the need for large-scale sargassum harvesting presents a challenge, the potential benefits of this project – protecting tourism, public health, and creating a biofuel – make it a golden opportunity for the region.


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