Houston Chronicle: One man’s pond scum is another man’s ticket to energy independence. Just ask attendees of a conference Friday in The Woodlands that focused on the potential of algae in making renewable fuels. “It’s basically the new petroleum,” said Robert Morgan, chief technology officer at PhyCO2, this is as close as we can get to cq; ideally the 2 would be subscripta California firm developing technology for large-scale algae production for biofuels. He is not alone in the view. …