Re: [MBZ] Synthetic Diesel!

2015-05-09 Thread LarryT via Mercedes
A, the reality of economics. Something sadly missing in the world of politics when it comes to.. well, everything! Unfortunately, knowledge of economics seems to never be taught in our public schools.Of course it's not a sexy subject so students are hard to engage. But it's kind of

Re: [MBZ] Synthetic Diesel!

2015-04-29 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
It is possible to make hydrogen for fuel and oxygen to burn it out of a tankfull of water. This can be a direct replacement for gasoline. However the powers that be can't figure out how to tax and regulate it, so if you persist in doing it, you won't live long. It has been known for at least

Re: [MBZ] Synthetic Diesel!

2015-04-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Becuase it's expensive! On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:53 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It is possible to make hydrogen for fuel and oxygen to burn it out of a tankfull of water. This can be a direct replacement for gasoline. However the powers that be can't figure

Re: [MBZ] Synthetic Diesel!

2015-04-29 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 02:19:51 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Man its got to be inefficient, imagine the energy input required. Still it'd be a way to utilize the power from a tidal plant... Actually, it's the perfect use for intermittent solar or wind energy,

Re: [MBZ] Synthetic Diesel!

2015-04-29 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Being a capitalist by nature I feel the need to ask the question, what is my rate of return on expenditure to make that one gallon of blue diesel fuel. Just looking at the schematic of the system, I see expensive equipment setting idle waiting for the sun to shine or wind to blow, the land it

Re: [MBZ] Synthetic Diesel!

2015-04-28 Thread rogerhga--- via Mercedes
It seems that it would be easier to build portable synthetic diesel plants and move them to the old land fills around the country and create synthetic diesel from all the methane that's available.  Or tap into some natural gas where it's not economical to transport.  Or just build a plant in DC

Re: [MBZ] Synthetic Diesel!

2015-04-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Man its got to be inefficient, imagine the energy input required. Still it'd be a way to utilize the power from a tidal plant... -Curt From: Dimitri via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 10:09 PM Subject: [MBZ]