Jones Beene wrote: > > Let me belabor a couple of points, raised several > times previously, relative to supplying about 175 > million Americans with windpower (those within 100 > miles of ocean or Great Lakes). > > 3) Liquid air (O2 or N2O enriched) is the best way > to store wind energy > N2O (that makes you laugh) is made by "Careful Decomposition of Ammonium Nitrate" NH4NO3. NH3 that has to be used in making NH4NO3 requires Ammonia Synthesis (N2 + 3 H2 + High Pressure + energy) where the 3 H2 comes from Electrolysis of Water at 25 Kw-Hr/LB. The Nitric-Nitrous Acid HNO3-HNO2 comes fro reacting H2O with NO2 which comes from Oxidizing Ammonia NH3 with O2: 4 NH3 + O2 ----> 4 NO + 6 H2O + ~ 1. Megajoule (lost), then more O2: 2 NO + O2 ----> 2 NO2 + 120 kJ (lost), then 3 NO2 + H2O ---> 2 HNO3 + NO, Which is a NO NO for making low cost N2O (LOL Gas). > > There is no better win-win (win-wind-win) scenario in > all of alternative energy - even the coal miners are > happy as it gives them a way to produce much more, and > cleaner energy from the same amount of coal. It is not > perfect of course, but neither is anything else which > can be implemented today without a technological > breakthrough. > Reacting CO2 from the atmosphere (or existing power plants) with Electrolysis H2 to make Methanol would be more practical for storage and transport.
3 H2 + CO2 <---> H2O + CH3OH (Methanol) Agriculture needs Ammonia NH3, Ammonium Nitrate, NH4NO3, and Urea made from: 2 NH3 + CO2 ----> NH2-CO-NH2 + H2O. Fred > > > > Jones >
