Coal-to-liquid solution for energy woes

The StraitsTimes ^ | July 19, 2004 | David Dapice

[SlickWillard]

Onan's a big name, their transfer boxes are pretty much the only ones used by the military at fixed sites. The military generators are built by different companies to specifications. At my next drill I'll try and get some more info.

Thanks. I'd take any info you can get. I glanced at the Onan website, and it looks very interesting.

PS: Do you know if these generators can accomodate external fuel tanks? To be a true survivalist/anti-establishmentarian, it seems like you'd need something on the order of a 500 or 1000 gallon external diesel tank. Plus, it would be nice, for fire and/or explosive reasons, to separate the tank off into its own explosive chamber [with, say, a wall that was heavily fortified in the direction of your living structure, but lightly fortified in the direction away from your living structure, so that any potential explosion would be directed away from you]. Furthermore, with an external fuel tank, if you did get a fire, it could [at least hopefully] be contained within the generator itself, and wouldn't [necessarily] cause the tank to also go ka-boom.

[Tailback]

Our generators have external fuel supply connectors. We use either 55 gallon drums, fuel bladders, or 600 gallon trailers. It's just a simple hose connection so you can use pretty much any type of supply tank. It's best to have gravity helping you out because the transfer pump is pretty small.

I'll try do remember to look up this post when I get back around the 20th of August. If I forget you can Freepmail me.

[armydoc]

I don't understand why new-generation diesels, which are very common in Europe, have not been imported here. Take the Audi A2- 78.6 MPG!

http://www.audiworld.com/model/a2.html

[MainFrame65]

As I understand it, diesels have a much narrower power range than gasoline engines - that is, they do not operate as efficiently outside of a narrow RPM range centered around their optimum RPM, where gasoline engines idle more easily AND operate better at high and low RPMs, probably because the ignition timing can be optimized by adjusting the spark, not possible with a diesel.

[jet55]

The world is probably following an exactly optimal course.

Use the easily available fossil oil to build infrastructure, technology, and experience

As fossil oil becomes more difficult to extract and insufficient to meet needs, switch to coal, gas, and biomass to oil. At first just supplement oil then replace it.

Coal, gas, and Biomass are far larger and more distributed resources - should take the edge off competition for energy.

Thermal Deploymerization may be applied to coal. The patents claims to strip out the carbon as a powder leaving pure liquid hydrocarbons

www.thermaldepolmerization.org

Energy like all other commodities will settle back in long term trend toward zero cost - which is what drives rising living standards.

I predict in 50 years all people will be part of mainstream world economy and that economy will be 50 times bigger than it is now with energy use maybe 15 times bigger. Air Cars, Space travel, Life extension, 3D movies - etc

Long term - say past 100 years anything could happen - we (they:)) could all have personal fusion reactors.

Not to worry there is no way the world will run out of energy

[SunkenCiv]

Tension rises as China scours the globe for energy
The Telegraph ^ | 19/11/2004 | Richard Spencer
Posted on 11/19/2004 7:34:07 PM PST by demlosers
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1284404/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Anything into Oil(solution to dependence on foregn oil?)
DISCOVER Vol. 24 No. 5 | May 2003 | Brad Lemley
Posted on 04/21/2003 5:57:41 AM PDT by honway
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/897232/posts