Deja Q
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Sun Apr-30-06 09:24 PM
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New TV advert talks up electricity from coal... |
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One of its big comments is that we import 60% of our oil needs.
Okay.
Does this mean we will soon have cars that are powered by coal?
It is transportation that is why we deplete a lot of oil so rapidly...
Why did they spend how many millions again just to tell us something that's only half-true?
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Coastie for Truth
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Sun Apr-30-06 10:54 PM
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1. "Fischer-Tropsch" : Liquid Fuels From Coal |
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Coal + H2O -> Carbon Monoxide (CO) + Hydrogen
Now, here's the creative part:
Carbon Monoxide (CO) + Hydrogen The Right Catalysts -> Hydrocarbon Fuels (Gasoline, kerosene, diesel)
During the Carter Era - there were a lot of Government funded "Co-operative Research Agreements" between the big chemical companies, the big oil companies, the coal companies, and the "coal country" research universities.
There were no "technology" or "fuel compatibility" problems. The challenge was that a slight dip in the OPEC cartelized price for crude killed the market.
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