[LINK] Five Technologies That Could Change Everything

[Tom Koltai]

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> grove at zeta.org.au
> Sent: Thursday, 22 October 2009 2:56 PM
> To: Glen Turner
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> Subject: Re: [LINK] Five Technologies That Could Change Everything
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> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009, Glen Turner wrote:
> 
> > On 19/10/09 17:34, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
> >> Five Technologies That Could Change Everything
> >
> > But won't.  Because they are technologies based in wishful thinking 
> > rather than engineering reality.
> 
> Why wasn't hot rock geothermal there?   Wasn't some research done 
> just recently that said good portions of Australia have 
> enough potential 
> to drive enough stations for our peak load?
> 
> CCS I think is pure fantasy unless "they" can figure a cheap 
> way to lock up the carbon from toxic gas to inert solids etc. 
>  And I read an article 
> the other week (it was on slashdot but I cannot find it) regarding 
> some spin about the positive effects of carbon monoxide ;)

On that topic (CO2) I rmember reading a paer somewhere that suggested
the introduciton of CO2 in a forced oxygen/Hydrogen environment (i.e.:
industrial furnace) actually increased the temperature and didn't add to
the CO2 output.

This is not the paper I was reading, however a good summary of
potentials.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF EFFICIENT, ENVIRONMENTALLY IMPROVED
HOUSEHOLD GAS APPLIANCES

http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/(A(YDiFksD1yQEkAAAAZDZiM2Y5NzctNmI2Ni00ZjYzLT
k5MWItN2UxNGUxNDlhMDU5pV_dOfCpL0UU09z-mH97XNga43o1))/ft.aspx?id=0354-983
60604089A

Of course the writer assumes the prior conversion of CO2 to CO and H2O
as in Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 and H2O to CO and CH4 by
Cu/TiO2-SiO2 Nanocomposites 
http://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2009/webprogrampreliminary/Paper161242.htm
l

Theoretical science?

Nope. It's been happening for sometime in ICE development in some of our
vehicle manufacturers.

Also, the Japanese have a working prototype - Coal Gas flue emitted CO2
caputred, cracked and burnt.




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