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In reply to the discussion: US Navy 'Game-Changer': Converting Seawater into Fuel [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)39. Oh, I agree, I just meant that's what makes this a game-changer for the Navy
It's just not the holy grail for general civilian transport.
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You can convert methane to Navy distillate using the Fischer-Tropsch process
jmowreader
Apr 2014
#26
Except for Carriers and Submarines, the Navy presently use only oil burning ships
happyslug
Apr 2014
#52
If you're going to do that, you'd be better off putting the fuel maker in its own ship
jmowreader
Apr 2014
#53
If works as they say, I'd say it's safe to assume it will be used in the civilian world too
penultimate
Apr 2014
#4
This isn't it. This is premium-price fuel. $6/gal, accepting their rosy projections. nt
eppur_se_muova
Apr 2014
#47
It's not a 'solution to our energy needs'; you need electricity to run it
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2014
#16
"Inventions" like that come up all the time, reported by less than reputable sources.
pffshht
Apr 2014
#37
If anyone knocked on his door, they didn't know shit about chemistry ...
eppur_se_muova
Apr 2014
#48
From a naval point of view, it allows them to remain at sea longer
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2014
#15
I think they're saying an aircraft carrier could produce fuel for its escort ships (nt)
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2014
#19
About 150 years of science does point to CO2 causing atmospheric warming
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2014
#40
Take a stats class...there is no statistical significance, just a correlation...
hoosierlib
Apr 2014
#41
The warming effect of carbon dioxide is about physics, not statistics
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2014
#42
Specifically, "This suggests other variables (more statistucally significant) influence temperature"
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2014
#59
Are you saying that *you* understand, while the Royal Society and NAS don't?
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2014
#64
So you think you're smarter than every scientist that works at a university anywhere in the world
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2014
#66
Models are like that, approximations, at best. That doesn't mean they are wrong.
bemildred
Apr 2014
#45
With reactors on board you wouldn't need to go around your elbow with this seawater scheme
jmowreader
Apr 2014
#28
When the present Fracking oil bubble breaks around 2017-2018, $6 a gallon will be cheap.
happyslug
Apr 2014
#54