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Forgive us a certain coarseness, or sloppiness, in style. We were going to wait until the flu that has laid us low for the past half a fortnight or so had passed before attempting any new composition. The discomfort and almost total loss of sleep has ruined what little process of thought we had to begin with; destroyed our abilities to perform any analyses for you; and, made even more obtuse our compositional style.
But we're sort of driven now by a sense, that, if we, here, don't do our darndest to get this stuff to you, there ain't nobody else that gives enough of a hoot about the people of United States Coal Country, and about the economic health of the United States of America, to recognize their own cherished pet projects for the ugly, and dangerous, mutts they are, put those toys down and shoulder back to work with the real king of the energy ring: Coal.
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United States Patent Application: 0120201717
As we've said before, the pace of development of technologies for, and even the founding of industries focused on, the productive recycling of Carbon Dioxide seems to us to be accelerating, to the point where, we confess, we won't be able to keep you adequately apprised of those developing and emerging CO2-recycling technologies and industries.
For a long time, CO2, along with the Chicken Little-hyped hysteria over its conjectural contribution to global warming and climate change, was the Big Stick used on King Coal by people who have presented themselves as being defenders of our environment; but, who's real motives, we insist, need to be more fully examined; especially in light of news stories such as:
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We've introduced the topic of maximizing the value of Coal through the co-production, in a single, integrated facility, of both synthetic hydrocarbons and electrical power in a number of previous reports, such as:
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Document Display | NSCEP | US EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency, as we've noted in a couple of previous reports, such as, for one example:
West Virginia Coal Association | US EPA Confirms Environmental Benefits of Coal Ash Utilization | Research & Development; concerning: "Study on Increasing the Usage of Recovered Mineral Components in Federally Funded Projects Involving Procurement of Cement or Concrete; United States Environmental Protection Agency in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Energy; Report to Congress; June 3, 2008; EPA530-R-08-007; The most common beneficial use of coal fly ash is as a Supplementary Cementitious Material (SCM) in concrete. Coal fly ash is also used as a raw material in the production of cement clinker and as an additive to blended cements. The consistency and abundance of coal fly ash in many areas present unique opportunities for use in many construction applications, including pavements and highway and transportation structures, and can generate environmental benefits when used as a replacement for virgin materials (e.g., portland cement). Certain performance benefits can be attained through the use of coal fly ash in concrete, including greater workability, higher strength, and increased longevity in the finished concrete product";
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Analysis of Marcellus flowback finds high levels of ancient brines
Following up on our recent note concerning the article:
and, our documentation of the fact that frack fluids will likely be contaminated with Radium, herein, from Penn State University, with comment appended, is more recent confirmation of the fact:
"Public release date: 18-Dec-2012
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