04-13-2016, 02:26 AM
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Sorry, maybe I blacked out or something. For a moment I felt like I was back in the http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ing-23123.html thread.
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04-13-2016, 06:53 PM
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I didn't even see that connection at all myself .. maybe I'm going blind 
But , I would agree .. this thread is not about climate change .. and if it turned into that , that would be both off topic for this thread , and would also more belong in the lounge.
AFAIK (of course maybe I'm wrong) .. this thread is about :
#1> An option for more efficient usage per unit of solid hydrocarbons .. like coal , wood , etc.
#2> A method that could also potentially help store carbon from that #1 above .. For any number of reasons/uses .. compact long term energy storage , fertilizer for crops/soil, reduced quantities of the systems waste disposal, etc.
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04-13-2016, 07:51 PM
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Through the last two pages of the thread, I've started thinking more highly of the steam driven fuel cell. It might represent a viable alternative to the supercritical carbon dioxide turbine; either in efficiency or ROI.
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04-13-2016, 10:56 PM
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If one can manage to capture all the COČ from the combustion, it can be used as a replacement for the R134-a gas used in air conditioners too. There were some HVAC equipments developed in Japan that used COČ.
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04-14-2016, 03:35 AM
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If one can manage to capture all the COČ from the combustion, it can be used as a replacement for the R134-a gas used in air conditioners too. There were some HVAC equipments developed in Japan that used COČ.
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Using CO 2 to save the climate ... I like that 
This thread wanders about but is stocked with gems.
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04-16-2016, 06:56 PM
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Using CO 2 to save the climate ... I like that |
Not sure if it's exactly "saving the climate", but sounds to be a smart move from an economic perspective. |
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08-19-2016, 07:05 PM
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Looking for a place to drop this link, this seems as good a thread as any:
Oregon Finds Switching From Coal to Renewable Energy Is a Bargain
Replacing coal-fired electricity with ever-cheaper wind and solar power will raise utility rates just 0.1 percent by 2030.
That's not 0.1% a year, but over the 14 years. When I saw the landscape under these panels it was like going home:
Yup, McMinnville. That's what the hills look like in August.
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