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NNadir

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9. I forgot that one.

Reply to hatrack (Reply #8)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 07:22 PM

Sunday

A lot of bad ideas have a long lifetime, and they never actually go away.

Today I came across this solar thermal to hydrogen paper:

Scheduling of a Concentrated Solar Power Plant Integrated in a Renewable System for Hydrogen Production Minzhuo Huang, Ricardo M. Lima, and Omar M. Knio Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2026 65 (6), 3353-3370

It seems that the in flight bird fryer at Ivanpah is shutting down after ten years and a two billion dollar "investment." The authors apparently didn't notice, nor did they say how to get water to deserts to make hydrogen.

Um...um...um...

We're saved.

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We're SAVED!!! Jet fuel from cellulose. [View all] NNadir Sunday OP

All the solutions seem only to delay the inevitable bucolic_frolic Sunday #1

Vermont was the only State in the Union, at one time, that did not emit carbon dioxide to generate electricity, NNadir Sunday #2

Ah, the Clamshell Alliance bucolic_frolic Sunday #4

I also have a fireplace with a recirculating fan. I use it here and there, rationalizing it as best I can. NNadir Sunday #5

Relevant article from Australia's ABC news Jimi du Ranty Sunday #3

Indonesia will be using palm oil and used cooking oil to produce SAF farmbo Sunday #6

The fires set in 1998 to clear rain forest for palm oil plantations went out of control leading 1998 to be the worst... NNadir Sunday #7

Just wait until I tell you about diesel fuel from algae!! hatrack Sunday #8

I forgot that one. NNadir Sunday #9