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Military Plans Tests in Search for an Alternative to Oil-Based Fuel

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Posted by tipper 2006-05-13 11:53|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 AQ, killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Posted by 2b 2006-05-13 12:55|| 2006-05-13 12:55|| Front Page Top

#2 What would the price of oil be if there were 0 world wide demand at 75% output.

Posted by Slinelet Jomolet1407 2006-05-13 13:13|| 2006-05-13 13:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Unless we get some sane legislation that takes away OPEC's power to crash US's synfuels industry, the military will have to drive synfuels plant construction with long term fuel contracts. Like it did with microelectronics and so many other industries, the military will have to lead the country.

Posted by ed 2006-05-13 14:20|| 2006-05-13 14:20|| Front Page Top

#4 #2 - dream on. #3 - your suggestion sounds pretty good. It's ridiculous for our Air Force to depend on the enemies we fight for the fuel to fight them with.

Posted by Snuns Thromp1484 2006-05-13 18:34|| 2006-05-13 18:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Sasol kept South Africa's white government running for years with a gas-from-coal extraction system. The technology is there; we just have to decide to use it.

Posted by mac 2006-05-13 18:49|| 2006-05-13 18:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Check out the following link for a mature project for turning coal into methanol. The quoated delivered price is approx. (1997$) $.50/gallon methanol.

At these prices that would be about $2.25/gallon gasoline equivalent considering taxes and profits, the lower energy content of methanol and increased transportation difficulties (methanol can't be shipped by pipeline). The above is an estimate by myself and your milage may vary.

The plants that would enable the US to do this are VERY expensive capital investments. To protect them from a ruinious fall in oil prices a tax should be levied on all oil imported to the US.

Posted by Hyperfine 2006-05-13 19:22|| 2006-05-13 19:22|| Front Page Top

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