Re: America needs to export energy now
- From: BradGuth <bradguth@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:47:23 -0800 (PST)
Just make those spare/surplus tonnes of H2 or LH2 and call it good.
You'll become richer and more powerful than Warren Buffett in no time
at all. Start small, with perhaps as little as selling off one tonne
of your PV cheap and squeaky clean hydrogen per month. If need be,
start off by selling it on Craigslist.
- Brad Guth
On Jan 25, 10:16 pm, Willie.Moo...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
The United States has 275 billion tons of easily recoverable coal.
http://www.purdue.edu/dp/energy/pdf/Basic9-Reserves-Apr07.pdf
The United States has over 1,000,000 sq km of of sunny lands.
http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/redbook/atlas/serve.cgi
The United States has the technology to make hydrogen from sunlight
and water at less than $200 per metric ton
United States Patent 7,081,584
Mook July 25, 2006
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Solar based electrical energy generation with spectral cooling
Abstract
Method and system for converting solar energy into electrical energy
utilizing serially coupled multijunction-type photovoltaic cells in
conjunction with a form of spectral cooling. The latter cooling is
carried out by removing ineffective solar energy components from
impinging concentrated light, inter alia, through the utilization of
dichroics or the conversion of ineffective solar energy components to
effective energy components by means of luminescence, phosphorescence,
or fluorescence. Ineffective solar energy components are described as
those exhibiting wavelengths outside the bandgap energy defined
wavelength and an associated wavelength defined band of useful photon
energy.
And the United States has the ability to transmit low-cost hydrogen by
pipeline and in liquid form, to any point of use at a cost of $70 per
metric ton of hydrogen.
http://catalog.asme.org/STLLC/PrintBook/2005_Hydrogen_Standardization...
With low-cost hydrogen made from sunlight, coal may be converted to
oil WITHOUT PRODUCING ANY EMISSIONS. By adding 100 kg of hydrogen to
a ton of coal 7 barrels of gasoline can be made by THE BERGIUS
PROCESS.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/pdf/pages/sec5_5.pdf
PROPOSED PROGRAM FOR US DOMINANCE OF TODAY;S ENERGY MARKET
Goal: Produce 20% more than US needs, allowing US to export energy
and determine price.
WHAT THE US NOW USES
Here's the relevant data;
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/pdf/pages/sec5_5.pdf
The US in 2006 had net imports of 12.6 million barrels of crude oil
per day and production of 5.3 million barrels per day and 1.7 million
barrels of process gas liquids from the natural gas industry, with a
total consumption of 19.6 million barrels of crude oil per day.whic
turns into 20.5 million barrels per day of product after processing
gains of 0.9 million barrels per day.
Processing gain comes from the fact that when you mix two things
together, their volumes don't add up to what they are separately. So,
when you separate out different fractions of a mixed crude oil, you
get a slight gain in total volume. The total mass of course stays the
same.
WHAT THE US NEEDS TO GET CONTROL OF ITS ENERGY SITUATION
Reversing our imports from 12.6 million bbls/day of crude oil to 4.1
million bbls per day of exports requires an increase of 16.7 million
bbls/day of crude oil production within the United States. To do this
with the Bergius process requires that 2.4 million tons of coal each
day be converted to gasoline using 240,000 tons of hydrogen each day.
Using coal already being produced for use by coal fired power plants,
we need an additional 387,000 tons of hydrogen per day to burn in
those plants instead of the coal we're using. In this way the added
crude oil is carbon neutral, and the US actually reduces its overall
carbon footprint.
Converted to annual figures these become 876.6 million tons of coal
per year and 229.1 million tons of hydrogen each year to produce 6.1
billion barrels of liquid fuels.
THE BENEFIT OF GETTING CONTROL
The reason Saudi Arabia controls the energy prices in the world is
because Saudi Arabia can at will decide to export more than they need,
and by determining the cost of this excess, they can exercise a
powerful influence on market price for oil.
By creating an infrastructure that uses sunlight and water and coal
all here in the US to make a high-quality crude oil, without producing
any emissions - at a cost of about $8 to $11 per barrel - the US can
wrest control from OPEC in setting oil prices - and the US can
stabilize its currency by having the ability to sell something into
the global marketplace to balance its imbalance of trade. These two
effects multiply together to stabilize the US economy, and permit the
US to grow without worrying overmuch about the Middle East.
Since low cost hydrogen made from sunlight and water are at the heart
of this propose system - it forms the basis of a future hydrogen
economy that once developed, will displace and dominate other forms of
energy production going forward.
DOES THE US HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY TO DO THIS
Yes. The US consumes about 1.1 billion tons of coal each year. Most
of this is used to produce electricity, and generates about 3.5
billion tons of carbon dioxide each year. Replacing this coal with
177 million tons of hydrogen gas delivered by pipeline to the coal
fired generators, eliminates this carbon emission, and makes the coal
available for conversion to gasoline using the Bergius process.
Adding another 110 million tons of hydrogen gas to the unburned coal
produces 7.7 billion barrels of liquid fuels.
WHAT WILL IT TAKE?
My system
http://www.usoal.com
Produces 6,460 tons of hydrogen gas per square kilometer per year.
The CAPEX of each square kilometer of system costs in quantity $12.6
million per sq km. To use all its current coal production for liquid
fuel production and displace all current coal use with hydrogen burned
instead of coal - requires the production of 287 million tons of
hydrogen gas per year. So, 44,427 sq km of solar collectors are
needed. This will have an installe cost of $559.8 billion - less than
half than the cost of the Iraqi invasion.
The US bureau of land management has over 50,000 sq km of desert
surface mines that is under its control. These abandoned mines may be
returned to productive use by allowing me to install solar panels on
them.
With $22 billion invested in 14 panel production plants - 15 sq km of
solar panels can be produced each day. The plants will require 3
years to construct and after that it will take 8 years to populate the
sites. So, 11 years from today we can have sufficient solar hydrogen
to achieve our goal of dominating the demand for oil. Over 10,000
people will be employed at these factories - and another 35,000 will
be employed building them.
The Bergius reactor is expected to have a CAPEX of $350 per ton of
coal per year processed. So, the reactors will cost a total of $385
billion. 70 of these emissionless coal conversion plants located
strategically around the United States. Each will cost $5.5 billion
and produce 300,000 barrels of petroleum products per day. These will
be constructed over an 11.1 year period to be ready when the hydrogen
is at full production. This will employ 174,000 over this period.
THE VALUE OF THE SYSTEM
The value of 21 million barrels of liquid fuel produced each day at a
margin of $90 per barrel is $1.89 billion per day. That's $690.32
billion per year!!! At 10x earnings, this is a value of $6.9
TRILLION!!! The capital expense is $559.8 billion for the solar/
hydrogen part, and $350 billion for the coal/oil part. This is a
total CAPEX of $909.8 billion. A 7.58 to 1 value to investment. Over
the 11.1 year development period, this provides 20% annualized rate of
return if all the money is invested on day one. This of course isn't
required. An investment program based on efficiently spaced capital
flows would easily provide a 40% annualized rate of return for all
investors over this period..40% annualized rates of return are
sufficient to attract venture capital.
WHAT GOVERNMENT CAN DO
Highlight this project and assist with regulatory approvals that ease
its introduction and installation across the country.
Get the ball rolling by purchasing crude oil from the system at market
rates in quantities sufficient to fill the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve. An off-take contract for 500 million barrels at $98 per
barrel - paid when the petroleum is delivered in 11.1 years - is a
contract worth $49 billion. This off-take contract,along with
favorable regulatory treatment is sufficient to allow me to raise
sufficient money to build the 14 solar panel plants,organize the
45,000 sq km of desert lands, arrange the rights of way for all the
pipelines,and site all 70 of the coal conversion plants, along with
converting coal fired electrical generators to hydrogen,
IMMEDIATE BENEFITS
The US having a clear vision of its energy future, and the means to
increase production of oil from domestic reserves, will immediately
stabilize its markets and create a powerful means to negotiate price
reductions in the crude oil markets.
FUTURE BENEFITS
All the energy used in the US may be displaced with hydrogen
directly. Solar hydrogen is an important part of this program here.
Once proven on this scale, it will be a simple matter to expand
hydrogen production to displace declining outputs of crude oil going
forward.
http://www.spr.doe.gov/
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