Bamboozled: Vertical Biofuel Farms in Croatia?

Croatian architecture firm UPI2M has proposed growing bamboo and algae in Vertical Biofuel Farms in that country's capital, Zagreb, that would be placed on top of existing gas stations, turning these notoriously hard-to-find locales into international landmarks. As treehugger puts it:

It is a clever idea. We all support the idea of local food, why not local fuel?

Vertical Algae Bio Reactor: Huh?

Höweler + Yoon Architecture has proposed a temporary vertical algae bio reactor built from prefab pods--Eco Pods--in order to stimulate Boston's downtown area. According to the story:

The pods will serve as bio fuel sources and as micro incubators for flexible research and development programs. As an open and reconfigurable structure, the voids between pods form a network of vertical public parks/botanical gardens housing unique plant species a new Uncommon for the Commons.

So, Vertical Fuel Farms? What do you think?

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