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Fluid bed coal gasification - Gulf Oil Corporation
As we've previously reported and commented, there exists in the technical literature, especially in the records of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, an immense body of demonstrated knowledge clearly establishing the fact that Coal, and just about any other Carbon-based substance, including all sorts of Carbon Dioxide-recycling organic or botanical materials, and even Carbon Dioxide itself, can be transformed into what is known as synthesis gas, more simply just "syngas", a blend of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen, which can then be transformed through a variety of well-known and, within the petroleum industry, widely-used catalytic reaction processes into both liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons,
That knowledge base concerning the catalytic transformation of Carbon Monoxide with Hydrogen, and even of Carbon Dioxide with Hydrogen, into various hydrocarbons, is, in fact, almost vast; but, such chemical transactions, as we've pointed out in many of our reports, is often "lumped" under the generic label of Fischer-Tropsch" synthesis, named after the German scientists who, as seen in our report of:
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By Brian Keane
President, SmartPower
The Bush Administration and, yes, the Obama Administration, have both acknowledged that coal will continue to be a vital and valuable piece of our energy portfolio. After all, our nation is sitting on 500 years worth of coal – we’re not likely to just ignore it.
But at the same time, the President is focused on diversifying our nation’s energy portfolio. This isn’t designed to kill coal, but rather to increase the production of other types of energy. The strategy is not simply to replace one type of energy for another. At the rate Americans use energy, the reality is that we simply need more energy to power our lives, our communities and our nation.
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By Tom Wolf
Executive Director, Energy Council Illinois Chamber of Commerce
There’s a great scene in the 1983 movie classic Mr. Mom where Michael Keaton’s character is dropping off the kids at school and they’re yelling at him, “Dad! You’re doing it wrong!” Keaton doesn’t listen and gets chastised by the volunteer Mom who simply deadpans “You’re doing it wrong.”
It’s no surprise that movie memory comes to my mind when it comes to the Obama Administration’s attempt to regulate the future world of energy – specifically coal generation. In my mind they are simply doing it wrong. I think this for many reasons, including:
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By John E. Sununu
Miner Allen Turner sits on his porch with his four children in Cawood, Ky. (ASSOCIATED PRESS/FILE 2006)
WHO SAYS President Obama doesn’t have an energy policy? Last month it was boldly on display as the Environmental Protection Agency published rules restricting CO2 emissions for power plants. Coupled with dramatic limits on mercury emissions issued in December, the new rules will fundamentally reshape power generation in America. Aside from the 15 plants already under construction, there will probably never be another coal-fired electric plant built in the United States.
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CEO, George C. Marshall Institute
Are EPA rules the reason the coal industry is declining? Or is natural gas and other market forces the cause? The very short answer is YES!
EPA’s new clean air rules are likely to become a course in the Law of Unintended Consequences. Although for this Administration and EPA, the unintended consequences will be the intended outcome. There is no subtlety to the Administration’s hostility to fossil energy. EPA has been carrying out the President’s objective with zest and vigor.
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