Bergius

Is Oil a Bubble? Part 3

OK, time for a bit of a rant:
I'm paying nearly $6/gallon at the pumps.. so close that it might even be over $6 today 'cause, every day, it keeps going up. There is absolutely no reason for it other than everybody keeps plugging into big oil and nobody seems to want to make a serious move in any other direction.

Look, it would be nice for everyone if we could turn to hydrogen powered vehicles.. but that isn't really necessary. We can continue to drive our existing vehicles, including those big gas-guzling SUV's and Winnebagos for about 50 cents per gallon at the pumps if we just give our heads a shake and unplug ourselves from dependancy on Big Oil!

The reason we can do this if we want to is because we have the technology to do so.. if we have the will. The technology is sound and does not have to be expensive. Here's the solution:

Back in WW2 Germany didn't have any fuel for it's war machine. What they did have was the most brilliant scientists in the world. So their scientists set out to create a method of turning carbon.. any form of carbon, into gasoline and diesel fuel through hydrogen bonding. They did exactly that. Germany fueled it's war machine by making gasoline and diesel from coal and wood.

After WW2 America rounded up all the German scientists and set up test plants in the USA to master their technology. These plants ran for over 5 years. In 1949 the head of one of the US test plants announced that he could produce ALL THE UNLEADED 87-OCTANE GASOLINE AMERICA WANTED FOR 1.5 CENTS PER GALLON!

Oil was cheap and plentiful then. It could be delivered to the process direct from the source by pipeline. The German technology developed into the modern-day cracking process where 4 barrels of gasoline plus many related products are produced from one barrel of oil. Actually you don't need oil. Any carbon compound will do. The (Bergius) process converts 99% of carbon into fuel.

I know this process works. I had a forrest company and a mill in the '70's. I built a stage-1 Bergius wood waste converter and ran a stationary 4-cylinder Datsun gas engine directly from the output. This engine powered all the hydraulics at the mill. I made more than I could use so I also ran a free lottery for the mill workers on the surplus.

Contact me if you want to build one of these carbon converting units. They will use any carbon/hydrogen compound: Coal, wood, used tires, plastic bags, household garbage, yard waste, corpses, etc..

Is Oil a Bubble? Part 3

Regarding the comment by John S. above.
You are absolutely correct John. Gasoline can be produced today for about 25 cents per gallon using coal as a feedstock. We are all being raped by big oil and nobody is doing anything except complaining. See the post at seekingalpha.com/artic... for the nitty-gritty on this.

If anyone wants to contact me regarding building one of these carbon converters they can leave a message at the website contact.

Does 'Speculation vs. Fear' Matter When Oil is Running Out?

Scott, you should do your DD on this. The Bergius process is a low temperature, low pressure method for combining carbon and hydrogen using either nickel or titanium catylysts to bond into gasoline or diesel/heating fuel. Yields are very high, in the order of 5x or greater output than input.

Picture it as disolving a solid carbon/hydrogen compound (wood, coal, tires, plastic bags, etc) with hydrogen to produce a liquid. That liquid can be anything from heavy crude to natural gas depending upon how much hydrogen you bond to the carbon.

After WW2 America rounded up the German scientists who were producing Germany's fuel using this method and built test plants to master the technology. They found that you could produce huge volumes of gasoline from very little carbon using german hydrogen bonding technology.

Oil was cheap and plentiful and could be delivered by pipeline from the source directly into the process. The german technolgy was incorporated into the modern day cracking process where 4 barrels of gasoline plus many related products are produced from 1 barrel of oil. Actually you don't need oil. Any carbon/hydrogen compound can be converted into gasoline or diesel. The Bergius process converts 99% of carbon into fuel.

I know the process works. I had a forest company and a mill in the 70's. I built a stage-1 wood waste converter and ran a stationary 4-cylinder Datsun gas engine directly from the output. This engine powered all the hydraulics at the mill.

Does 'Speculation vs. Fear' Matter When Oil is Running Out?

Sorry, typo (missed the "r"). That google search should be "Bergius process"

Does 'Speculation vs. Fear' Matter When Oil is Running Out?

People seem to forget that gasoline and diesel are simply carbon-hydrogen bonds. As far back as the late 1940's small plants have been producing gasoline, diesel and heating oil from wood, coal, even used tires and garbage.

Fact is we can convert carbon into fuel very easily and very cheaply. In 1949 the head of one of the U.S. test plants said he could provide all the commercial grade unleaded gasoline America wanted for 1.5 cents per gallon before taxes and profit. Do a google search on "Begius process" for the history on this.

Oil is priced where oil is because people are, for the most part, sheep.

Only These Three Things Can Halt Oil's Advance

It's a bubble. All bubbles break. Sooner or later, they break. This one is no exception.

Only These Three Things Can Halt Oil's Advance

There is something else that could throw an instant reverse into the price of oil: Information, and somebody acting on the information. Here's the first part:

Did you know that wood waste (slash, pine beatle kill, mill waste, etc) can be turned into commercial quality liquid fuel (gasoline, avgas, diesel, heating fuel, etc) through a fairly simple refining processs known as Bergius Hydrogenation? Germany developed the process in WW2 and it was later advanced in the USA (using German scientists) in the late 1940's. In 1949 the head of one of the U.S. test plants said he could produce all the commercial grade unleaded 87 octane gasoline America wanted for 1.5 cents per gallon before taxes and profit.

Oil was cheap and plentiful then. The technology was incorporated into the modern day cracking process where 4 barrels of gasoline plus many other related products are produced from 1 barrel of oil. Actually you don't need oil. Any compound containing carbon can be hydrogenated into gasoline, heating or diesel fuel. The Bergius process will convert 99% of carbon into fuel. This means that not only wood waste but things like used tires, plastic bags and household trash could also be converted. Note that this process does not produce an alternate fuel. It produces exactly the same fuel as that refined from oil.

I know this process works. I had a forest company and a mill in the 70's. I built a stage-1 wood-waste converter and ran a stationary 4-cylinder datsun gas engine directly from the output. This engine powered all the hydraulics at the mill.

Biofuel Innovators with Alternatives to Oil

Using biomass to make alcohol and bio-diesel is labor-intensive, expensive, has low yield and does not produce a fuel similar to either gasoline or diesel.

Sometimes newer technologies are not the best technologies. Did you know that wood waste (slash, pine beatle kill, mill waste, etc) can be turned into commercial quality liquid fuel (gasoline, avgas, diesel, heating fuel, etc) through a fairly simple refining processs known as Bergius Hydrogenation? Germany developed the process in WW2 and it was later advanced in the USA (using German scientists) in the late 1940's. In 1949 the head of one of the U.S. test plants said he could produce all the commercial grade unleaded 87 octane gasoline America wanted for 1.5 cents per gallon before taxes and profit.

Oil was cheap and plentiful then. The technology was incorporated into the modern day cracking process where 4 barrels of gasoline plus many other related products are produced from 1 barrel of oil. Actually you don't need oil. Any compound containing carbon can be hydrogenated into gasoline, heating or diesel fuel. The Bergius process will convert 99% of carbon into fuel. This means that not only wood waste but things like used tires, plastic bags and household trash could also be converted. Note that this process does not produce an alternate fuel. It produces exactly the same fuel as that refined from oil.

I know this process works. I had a forest company and a mill in the 70's. I built a stage-1 wood-waste converter and ran a stationary 4-cylinder datsun gas engine directly from the output. This engine powered all the hydraulics at the mill.