To: Enchante
Does the process cost more energy than is contained by the Ethanol?
If it does, then the Ethanol isn’t ‘fuel’. It’s just a bait for government subsidy.
4 posted on
11/25/2016 4:15:48 PM PST by
agere_contra
(I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.)
To: agere_contra
"It’s just a bait for government subsidy."DING...DING...DING... We have a winner.....
10 posted on
11/25/2016 4:21:29 PM PST by
unread
(Joe McCarthy was right.......)
To: agere_contra
Maybe solar panels covering the deserts would make it go!
18 posted on
11/25/2016 4:27:24 PM PST by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: agere_contra
If it does, then the Ethanol isn’t ‘fuel’. It’s just a bait for government subsidy.
Not necessarily. Ethanol is a way to store energy. Batteries are presently used for energy storage, and that can be very inefficient. If any spare energy (overage made by a nuke plant for instance, as well as the transient wind and solar) can be used in the process, it might be useful in some locations.
34 posted on
11/25/2016 5:33:34 PM PST by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: agere_contra
Billions will be poured into grants, subsidies and studies, and it’ll go nowhere.
35 posted on
11/25/2016 5:53:26 PM PST by
Carriage Hill
( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: agere_contra
“A process like this would allow you to consume extra electricity when it’s available to make and store as ethanol,”
So yeah, it consumes power.
36 posted on
11/25/2016 5:54:20 PM PST by
ctdonath2
("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
To: agere_contra
You are correct in questioning this key point. It seems like since I was a kid people always talk about these schemes that don’t conform to conservation of energy. Unless they get the energy from some atomic source, in which case it might be great.
OK I admit I didn’t read the article yet.
40 posted on
11/25/2016 7:41:05 PM PST by
Mr. Dough
(Who was the greater military man, General Tso or Col. Sanders?)
To: agere_contra
No only is ethanol bait, it ruins ever small engine it touches. My boat motor repair buddy shuns it as well.
51 posted on
11/26/2016 6:25:26 AM PST by
Quilla
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