Re: "To the ordinary guy, all this is a bunch of gobbledygook"...

On Dec 22, 8:20 am, Damon Hill <damon1S...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Monkey Clumps <spacebrai...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote innews:3e02b676-b2a2-4808-a9b9-9a70b0703fee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

However, when Mook get on the subject of Mach 3 airliners and appears
to be way off base on the likely costs of such a program, it does tend
to undermine his credibility.

He's always been that way on the sci.space groups.  Perhaps he gets on
an endorphin high and gets carried away in polypeptide enthusiasm.
History is littered with brilliant thinkers who can't slow down enough
to get their hands dirty with the real work.  But, who knows Willie,
really?

--Damon

You guys are a real trip. Is there anything you DO NOT know about?
lol. You freaks.

Fact is, the hydrogen energy economy that I'm building will not ony
have to have generation of hydrogen, but also distribution of
hydrogen. The total lack of any infrastructure on this planet
combined with the coming shortages are a HUGE opportunity for anyone
who wants to reach out and grab it.

I've given detailed account of my efforts creating ultra-low-cost
solar panels from hot press molded sheets of PET bound together by
ultrasonic welding in a water bath. These panels shape water into
optical shapes that focus light onto a high intensity solar die - that
converts the light to electrical energy. I have given you references
to my patents and patent applications about that.

More are coming.

As I said, this is only the first step.

The highest best use of this technology in the current situation - is
to make hydro-carbon fuels from hydrogen and carbon and sell those
fuels into the existing $4 trillion per year market for such fuels.
To this end I have arranged to take possession of 500 sq km of
stripped out coal mines that still possess 3 billion tons of carbon
and use the water, coal and sunlight on that land to make 21 billion
barrels of petrol, diesel fuel and jet fuel at two sites, each
producing 200,000 b/d.

Turning now from the production side of things to the distribution
side of things. To build a hydrogen distribution system for the
hydrogen I'm making, I need customers that want to buy hydrogen - not
just the hydrocarbon fuels. So, I need to identify or create early
adopters.

One early-adopter are electrical power generation stations that want
to reduce carbon emissions. Since they're stationary they can be
delivered gaseous hydrogen through a pipeline. They burn the hydrogen
to make steam and run their boilers. A small hydrogen fired boiler
sits easily along side a coal fired boiler. This allows easy
installation and parallel operation - easing swtich over difficulties
and concerns. I can even take the coal in trade for hydrogen
(particularly if I supply the coal in the first place from my
mines!)

Another early-adopter is any user that gets a huge performance
advantage from hydrogen fuel. This naturally points to hydrogen
powered aircraft. I have attempted to show in my postings elsewhere
how this is done. Several possibilities exist. One is an STOL
version of a 737 sized aircraft serving Europe and Japan. Another is
a long distance heavy hauler linking major sites. Another is a
hydrogen version of the Sonic Cruiser. Another a Mach 3 or greater -
hydrogen powered super plane.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/24/hypersonic_hydrogen_rocket_airliner/

any or all of these innovations would create a disperesed high value
demand for liquid hydrogen, and supplying that liquid hydrogen
reliably and cheaply builds the very type of infrastructure I need -
to expand both the gaseous and liquid forms of the fuel into the rest
of our industrial economy.

That is, its a stepping stone, a very visible and inspiring stepping
stone, along the way to a fossil free world.

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