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United States Patent Application: 0130118906
In fact, it wasn't the United States Department of Defense itself, as per the headline, but, the US Air Force, the US Army, and the US Navy who, through separate grants and contracts, supported the University of Southern California in their development of technology that uses simple Sunlight to power the conversion of Carbon Dioxide - - as is co-produced in a small way, relative to some all-natural and un-taxable sources of CO2 emission, such as the Earth's inexorable processes of planetary volcanism, from our economically essential use of Coal in the generation of truly abundant and truly affordable electric power - - into substitute, fracking-free, natural gas Methane.
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Keep your eyes on the door and your backs against a wall.
Carbon Dioxide, as we've documented, for just a few examples, in:
West Virginia Coal Association | California July 2012 Efficient CO2 to Methanol | Research & Development; concerning: "United States Patent 8,212,088 - Efficient and Selective Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol, Dimethyl Ether and Derived Products; Date: July 3, 2012;Inventors: George Olah and G.K. Surya Prakash, CA; Assignee: University of Southern California, Los Angeles; Abstract: An efficient and environmentally beneficial method of recycling andproducing methanol from varied sources of carbon dioxide including flue gases of fossil fuel burning powerplants, industrial exhaust gases or the atmosphere itself. Converting carbon dioxide by chemical or electrochemical reduction secondary treatment to produce essentially methanol, dimethyl ether and derived products"; and:
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First, we remind you, that, as seen in our report of:
West Virginia Coal Association | WVU Says Oil From Coal Could Sustain Us For 1,000 Years | Research & Development; concerning a report made by West Virginia University to the United States Department of Energy: "'Development of Continuous Solvent Extraction Processes For Coal Derived Carbon Products'; December 31, 2009; Authors: Elliot Kennel, et. al.; Research Organization: West Virginia University; Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy; Contract Number: FC26-03NT41873"; and, which WVU report said, in part: "The coal liquefaction process described herein is suitable for expansion to multiple millions of barrels per day of crude oil that in turn can be upgraded using standard refining processes. It is therefore possible for the United States to reduce or eliminate the 12 million barrels per day of liquid crude that it currently imports";
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United States Patent Application: 0130122381
West Virginia University has invented a "battery" system which can be recharged by solar- or wind-, and we would presume hydro-, generated electricity; and, which battery, upon discharge, splits Carbon Dioxide and Water into Oxygen, and, into a blend of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen, that is, into a hydrocarbon synthesis gas suitable for the catalytic synthesis of hydrocarbon fuels and chemicals.
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Just in time for Christmas, 2013, our US Government granted - - and verified the truth of - - a claim made by West Virginia University:
Coal, in combination with certain sustainable and Carbon-recycling wastes and with certain renewable and Carbon-recycling agricultural produce, can be directly and efficiently converted, on a practical basis, into synthetic crude petroleum.
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