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Environment & Energy

GliderGuider

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6. Who gets to burn the oil y'all don't burn cause you're burning this crap instead?

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 11:28 PM

Dec 2012

China? India? How could this possibly make things worse?

I thought professional engineers had to pass an ethics exam. I'm guessing it's not about inter-generational ecological ethics.

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Synthetic fuels could eliminate entire U.S. need for crude oil, create 'new economy' [View all] OKIsItJustMe Dec 2012 OP

This is not far-fetched jmowreader Dec 2012 #1

Fischer-Tropsch can also be used to generate liquid fuels from H2 and CO2 (producing no new carbon) OKIsItJustMe Dec 2012 #2

Where do you plan to get the H2? jmowreader Dec 2012 #3

Things will take time to ramp up OKIsItJustMe Dec 2012 #4

Im very inspired by this NoOneMan Dec 2012 #5

Who gets to burn the oil y'all don't burn cause you're burning this crap instead? GliderGuider Dec 2012 #6

Using COAL and NATURAL GAS in addition to biomass happyslug Dec 2012 #7