Re: Shuttle Replacement Needs to Become a National Priority!!!

"Richard Morris" <ramorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> George William Herbert wrote:
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> > Richard Morris <ramorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > >It's already sequestered. Mother Nature has done the
> > > job for us, and I frankly don't see much sense in
> > > digging it up and burning it and then spending a huge
> > > amount of money and energy to re-sequester it.
> >
> > Why not? The net energy gain after sequestration is still
> > nearly as high as it is without sequestration. The "huge
> > amount" is significant, but less than is spent to extract it
> > and then burn it in the first place.
>
> How much less? References?

This is one I quite liked, while overkill, it has a nice design purity
to it.

http://www.ees.lanl.gov/pdfs/6_zeroemission_52.pdf

Zero emissions coal technology - they are looking at around 93%
efficiency, using the trick of thermo chemical fuel regeneration from
the waste heat.

Pete.



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