Ron,
No.
Doubt.
Don't forget the continuous feed, wood pellet, total combustion, range!
Caveat; our bosses will likely prefer nuclear, enslavement and
population decline, especially in the north!
Alex
On 12/06/2013 9:05 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Paul (cc Alex)
This is to respond to your question:
*/Do you have any other other alternative to the use of fossil fuels?
/
*Here are three alternatives, from my perspective:
a. Continued growth of the electrical system. Electricity is a
great way to cook. As we decide to get off fossil-fueled
electricity, biomass will be used for backup to wind and solar. As we
realize the need to get back to 350 ppm CO2, then the best biomass
option is with biochar - Backup with CHP in 10 -20 MW scale, not the
GW scale assumed for BECCS.
b. Natural gas for cooking will be replaced slowly by pyrolysis
gas (and electricity). City gas (from biomass) came before natural gas.
c. Liquid fuels can also come from pyrolysis with char
co-product when we decide we need to get to 350 ppm. Cooking can be
that way as well.
Half the world can still rely on TLUD designs for cooking. Not for
most on this list, including Alex and I, because we can afford to keep
what we now use. But for half the world, a TLUD could be the cheapest
- and so you need to keep developing your type. That's a big
market. One caution - solar cooking for some meals will creep in -
because it will be the cheapest.
Note that all four approaches involve char-making - since I assume
an eventual recognition both that all fossil fuels must go and also
that we need 350 or lower.
No doubt Alex agrees with all this. Your reaction?
Ron
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