Jay Caplan uniqueprodu...@comcast.net wrote:
A quick cursory search shows the coal to liquid route to be less expensive
than current oil and, of course, S Africa has been forced on this route for
decades :...Estimates of the cost of producing liquid fuels from coal
suggest that domestic U.S.
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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 15:49:23 -0500
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Transportation energy
From: jedrothw...@gmail.com
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Jay Caplan uniqueprodu...@comcast.net wrote:
A quick cursory search shows the coal to liquid route to be less expensive than
current oil and, of course, S
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote:
Also -- as I pointed out -- the cold fusion motor would soon be cheaper,
as the technology matures.
It's really obvious: Rossi should sell the eCat on eBay! :-)
Robert Leguillon robert.leguil...@hotmail.com wrote:
I could not fathom a scenario where the climate lobbies would not try to
exorbitantly tax carbon-releasing fuels in order to expedite their phase
out.
I do not think that will be necessary. It will phase out of its own as
quickly as
I wrote:
It will cost a great deal to dig up the old tanks at gas stations.
Note that you cannot leave them in the ground these days. There is an EPA
rule:
http://www.epa.gov/oust/pubs/20annrpt.pdf
This is a sensible, good rule. Most EPA rules are common sense written
into regulations. That
From Jed:
...
Think of all the real estate that will be opened up as gas
stations are abandoned. They are ugly. Good riddance to them.
It is a shame all those people will lose their jobs.
It seems to me that even in the best case scenario it is not likely
that our nation would be motivated
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote:
It seems to me that even in the best case scenario it is not likely
that our nation would be motivated (economically and/or politically
speaking) to start digging up all of these service station gas tanks -
not for quite a while.
and starvation,
allowing a higher planet population.
- Original Message -
From: Jed Rothwell
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Transportation energy
Jay Caplan uniqueprodu...@comcast.net wrote:
A quick cursory search shows
I wrote:
Also -- as I pointed out -- the cold fusion motor would soon be cheaper,
as the technology matures. Two reasons:
1. No pollution control, gas tank, muffler, or catalytic converter needed.
2. Thermoelectric chips will be used across a much wider range of
applications . . .
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:19:07 -0500:
Hi,
[snip]
A cold fusion hybrid
would probably not need as many batteries as the Prius plug-in or Volt.
Just enough to bring the turbine up to full output. If that could be done
in 6 minutes, or ~8 miles at highway speed, then
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