Re: The War We Refuse To Win

From: Scott Lowther (scottlowtherHATESSPAM_at_ix.netcomARGH.com)
Date: 06/02/04 

Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:03:34 GMT

Sander Vesik wrote:
>
> Scott Lowther <scottlowtherHATESSPAM@ix.netcomargh.com> wrote:
> > > Alternate fuels become compeditive way before
> > > $100 per gallon. Pure Ethenol costs less than that, so if gas prices ever went
> > > so high, automobiles would most likely be converted to run on ethenol and
> > > perhaps biodiesel.
> >
> > Forget that. If petroleum gets too expensive, we should run our cars
> > on... gasoline. Produced via thermal depolymerization from garbage.
> > Google on "turkey fuel."
> >
>
> Remind me - where did you get the cache of money to build all that
> infrastructure with?

Where would all the money for a "hydrogen economy" come from?

*If* Changing World Tech's (If you think that's a cheesy name for a
serious company, yer not alone...) thermal depolymerization system works
as advertized, and they can compress the required equipment down to
semi-trailer size, then tens of thousands of individual units can be
built and dispersed over a period of time, rather than needing one
massive, relatively rapid infusion of entirely new tech and
infrastructure.

By producing synthetic gasoline/diesel from sewage and garbage, gas
stations, cars, trucks, etc. will not need to be converted. New hydrogen
gas stations will not need to be built. Cryogenic hydrogen tanker trucks
will not need to be built in the tens of thousands.

Admittedly, TDP tech seems to be too good to be true... turning waste
into fuel just sounds too damned good. but if it works... the money to
do this will come largely from municipalities and large companies. If
oil starts to run out, this is the sort of thing Da Gubmint can jump on
and produce in bulk. I don't think too many people would bitch too loud
if taxes went up a fraction of a percent for a few years if the
alternative was $10/gallon gasoline and societal collapse.

Hell, I'd be happy to pay an extra few percent in taxes to be able to
tell the Middle East "We don't need you anymore; *shit* is of more
importance to us than you are." 

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Scott Lowther, Engineer
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