19 Aug 20
@sonhouse saidWell *hic* bless their, their little *hic* liddle pea pickin' hearts. Double shots for everyone!
https://phys.org/news/2020-08-enzyme-cocktail-brazil-powers-production.html
twice as efficient making ethanol. Not sure if that is a good thing or no.....Keeps us tied to the fossil/plant fuel tit.
What?
No, no no I'm not paying. You get... so go buy an pay, buy yer own booze!
19 Aug 20
@sonhouse saidMaking fuel from biomass can't be bad can it? Especially if that biomass
twice as efficient making ethanol. Not sure if that is a good thing or no.....Keeps us tied to the fossil/plant fuel tit.
is waste from food production. Surely it is carbon neutral.
20 Aug 20
@wolfgang59
I was thinking about the CO2 going into atmosphere.
I think a real carbon neutral fuel would be hydrogen, MOF's are getting more density of H2 storage but of course then you have to have carbon neutral hydrogen manufacturing on industrial scale.
I keep waiting for electrics to come out with solar cell paint, the whole car as a solar cell. That should extend distance ten percent or so and would allow quite a bit of recharging just parked on a sunny day.
If you drive say 10 klicks one way, so you get there and the cells charge the batteries for free, no need to be hooked to a plug.
Of course then there is always 'Mr Fusion' if you remember that bit🙂
08 Oct 20
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@wolfgang59 saidMost of the Fuel Ethanol Comes from Food (Corn, Sugar Cane,...) so Carbon neutrality is bought with using Food in a (rather inefficient you use 1 sugar molecule with six Carbons to create one Ethanol molecule with two carbons) way to create a low Quality fuel. The Research sonhouse reffered to is makaing a big Progress towards a more sustainable balance.
Making fuel from biomass can't be bad can it? Especially if that biomass
is waste from food production. Surely it is carbon neutral.