Re: Using nuclear power to make renewables and a hydrogen economy cost effective

From: Ian St. John (istjohn_at_noemail.usa)
Date: 10/31/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:21:12 -0400

Franz Heymann wrote:
> "Ian St. John" <istjohn@noemail.usa> wrote in message
> news:uYNgd.41638$rs5.1280439@news20.bellglobal.com...
>> Franz Heymann wrote:
>>> "Ian St. John" <istjohn@noemail.usa> wrote in message
>>> news:gTxgd.24517$Qs6.1836204@news20.bellglobal.com...
>>>
>>>> Hatunen wrote:
>>>
>>>>> As to replecing crude oil, the accomapnying page says "This wax
>>>>> is used as a natural base for a wide range of cosmetic products,
>>>>> has heat-resistant lubricating properties, and is potentially
>>>>> useful in the chemical industry." Not really a replacement for
>>>>> crude.
>>>>
>>>> Gee. That makes a lot of sense. I should post an old description of
>>>> gasoline as a 'byproduct of kerosene manufacture' useless for most
>>>> applications due to extreme volatility and flammability and
>>>> dangerous to handle. Normally discarded as a waste product.
>>>
>>> The logic of your response escapes me.
>>
>> I'm sure that this is a common problem for you. Read it again in
>> reference to what Hatunen is saying. If it still escapes you, try a
>> high school teacher.
>
> I understood fully what he said. He quoted a piece accorcing to which
> the jojoba wax is unsuitable as a replacement for crude.
> Your response went totally wide of the mark.

Go to your library. Ask for a "dictionary". Look up the word "simile":. Then
ask a high school teacher. I'm sure that they can put you on the right
track. It is like those IQ games when they were testing you to see if you
could make the 'slow' class. A is to B as ... you remember?

First, the oil from the jojoba plant is eminently suitable for convesion to
biodiesel.

Secondly, as the simile shows, the same sort of ignorant 'man will never
fly' statements has been made over the generation by hordes of ignorant
assholes such as the one quoted. It does not change the facts. There is no
barrier to using jojoba oil as a feedstock for biodiesel, despite the claims
of the ignorant. They are making commercial quantities of biodiesel now
competing with canola oil users for feedstock. Jojoba oil would be cheaper.

>
> Franz

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