Issue (WIWE) status: Submitted, Unpublished

Wild Card's progress: Fully-fledged

This Wild Card came from: 
Workshops/Meetings

The theme/scheme related to this Wild Card: 
Finland

The sub-theme that best relates to this Wild Card: 
December 2009

The source of this Wild Card: 
workshop

Likelihood timeframe and scenario features : 
now-2050

Wild Card's description: 

By mid-2010’s scientists in Europe discover new algae species from Mediterranean Sea which can be used very efficiently and very broadly in biofuel production. Soon after that the scientists discover a new scientific principle for producing huge quantities of cheap biofuel from the new algae species as well. Then international political leaders and organisations realize that algae is, not only a cheap and carbon neutral form of energy production, but also a good way to carbon caption form atmosphere. This is realized by customers around the world as well, which leads to huge demand on algae biofuel. Suddenly algae production become the globally accepted and heavily subsidised way to fight the climate change.