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Ethanol vs. Natural Gas or Coal: Comparison Not Even Close

Excellent article - interesting comments. The majority of them in favor of the article.

Relative to the negative commentators: If their survival was dependent on their decisions, - they would die.

Technology today is so advanced, that there is not a person today who can predict what the world (if there is a world) is going to be like in the next 10 years - concentrate on solving today's problems - and it will probably go a long way in solving next years problems.

As for Obama, if you think he is trying to help this country, then I can understand why you think the way you do.

Energy Firms Should Look to U.S. Shale - Barron's

Dear Rachael & Commentors,

Here we go, beating around the bush again., Oil? Energy crisis. What energy crisis? There is no energy crisis - there is a transportation crisis.

Transportation is getting anything and/or anyone transported to somewhere else, and transportation is the area that requires the bulk of our energy. And without transportation our world will certainly change for the worst. Anyway, the days of wind transportation are past (Boone Pickens) and the days of powering by hydrogen are yet to come (automotive industry.) So,

The solution:

Ample energy sources already exist, the manufacturing process exists, the delivery infrastructure exists, the storage facility exists, the vehicle technology exists, the price competitiveness exists - all things exist, that's why it's called the Solution. It's even been successfully tested.

1. Ample energy source = Coal. 100 years known energy reserves.

2. Manufacturing process = Fischer-Tropsch, coal to clean diesel..

3. Delivery = use existing pipelines, tankers, trucks.

4. Storage = use existing refiner tanks & gas station tanks.

5. Vehicle technology = ships, plans, trains, trucks, cars run on diesel. This is exceptionally clean diesel.

6. Competitiveness = cost equivalent to $30±. per barrel of oil.

7. Successfully tested = German army, Second World War.


P.S. There are many other very useful advantages, e.g., solid waste into clean diesel that would downsize our landfill and run our garbage trucks. Meat processing wastes into clean diesel and power our military jet engine planes, etc. on & on, & on. These plants are being built as we speak.

Probably the solution is too easy to accept without feeling totally foolish, since it's been right in our face for so long. If, the solution is too simple to figure out by the people back in Washington and you want some help, give me a call.

Sincerely,

famos
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Energy, Inflation and Gold

Hi,

I could not agree more with author. I agree with everything he said, but have one thing to add, i.e. why in the hell is our government and the market not pushing "coal/garbage to diesel" (CTD) and getting away from giving the Arabs all our money?

Famos