[neverdem]

I could give a rats behind about greenhouse gases until someone can make a persuasive case for anthropogenic climate change/global warming. So far no one has. I want energy self sufficiency for the U.S. This technique has the extra benefit of being a method for garbage disposal.

[neverdem]

Sounds good!

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

Agreed

Maybe they could turn all the lipids collected from liposuction into oil too? :)

[PeterPrinciple]

Since carbon dioxide is naturally recycled from the atmosphere into cellulose in plants and back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide when plants decompose, burning biomass-derived fuel such as alcohol in internal combustion engines has a zero net effect on the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. On the other hand, burning fossil fuels continually adds carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to the atmosphere.

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Well if they are fossil fuels from prior organic life does’nt the logic apply to that also? Most plants are co2 starved and are looking for that co2.

[spanalot]

boy - this is gonna piss off Putie and the Mussies.

[Free Vulcan]

It’s bogus. We’ve been trying to find a viable gasification technology for 2 years. It’s simply not there. They may be able to make the fuel, but not profitably. Besides, you aren’t serious about gasification unless you can do 500 tons per day.

[Wonder Warthog]

"I want energy self sufficiency for the U.S. This technique has the extra benefit of being a method for garbage disposal."

This basically boils down to gasifying garbage and using the syngas to make fuel. The only difference here is that the end product is intended to be "mixed alcohols" rather than hydrocarbons.

I've long wondered why such an approach wasn't tried---any major city probably processes enough carbonaceous waste into its landfills in a single day to replace all the fuel it uses for that same day.

[steelyourfaith]

~~Anthropogenic Global Warming ™ ping~~