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2011-02-06 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2011-02-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The dependencies among countries is not such a good idea. The energy sources are cut off and you are screwed. The same is true of the U.S. dependencies. It is a strategic problem.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-02-06 08:05|| 2011-02-06 08:05|| Front Page Top

#2 I agree with the oil companies, who are quietly doing lots of research into algae-based biodiesel in the US. It is simple, cheap, scalable, produces almost year around, and we're already tooled to use diesel in a lot of vehicles of all sizes, from motorcycles to trains and ships.

And we can also make lots of ethanol which is an ingredient in diesel.

A good type of algae is 50% vegetable oil by weight, and can be pressed to release its oil, the remainder going for animal fodder. The vegetable oil is mixed with ethanol and lye as a catalyst, then filtered and mixed with 1% petroleum diesel as a preservative. Bingo.

The algae is grown in gray waste water, and actually consumes waste CO2 and nitrous oxides from industrial production, which are very expensive to dispose of otherwise. So it makes a ton of money even before the first drop of diesel is made.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-02-06 11:01|| 2011-02-06 11:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Whom is to blame for the Natural Gas exploding rig?

Posted by newc 2011-02-06 15:36|| 2011-02-06 15:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Geez, newc, try to keep up, willya?

It's obviously BP and/or evil corporations.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-02-06 19:10|| 2011-02-06 19:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Da Juice, of course

Posted by Frank G 2011-02-06 19:25|| 2011-02-06 19:25|| Front Page Top

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