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- From: schindler@rz-berlin.mpg.de
- Newsgroups: sci.environment,sci.chem
- Subject: CO2 reduction (was:Re: Hydrides)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.002425.7727@rz-berlin.mpg.de>
- Date: 12 Sep 92 00:24:25 +0100
- References: <1992Sep9.082509.4474@bb1t.monsanto.com>
- Organization: Rechenzentrum MPG Berlin
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- In article <1992Sep9.082509.4474@bb1t.monsanto.com>, bjgaed@bb1t.monsanto.com writes:
- > hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
- >
- > [Delete a lot about hydrides as storage media for hydrogen]
- >
- > Nuclear energy does not emit carbon dioxide, but it has
- > other problems of which I am sure everyone is aware. Still,
- > IMO, if we do have to limit CO2, it is the only short term
- > choice available.
-
- Sorry, but I think right now, this is not true. (Think of how
- long it takes to built a nuclear power plant.) My impression is that
- some groups with certain interests keep advertising this. I am not
- suspecting you having this interest, since your next paragraph
- clearly shows another viewpoint.
-
- The most cost efficient and fastest way to cut down CO2 production is
- improvement of housing isolation.
- Also the use of more efficient techniques serve the same goal.
- For example the amount of water in washing machines can be
- dramatically cut, which then needs much less energy to heat it.
- New gas furnaces which also use the heat of the fume gases (mostly the
- heat of condensation of the water in the fumes)
- Not to speak about fuel efficient cars. and so on. The potential to
- save energy is still very large, so saving energy gets you still the
- most reduction in CO2 production per invested dollar, mark or
- whatever.
-
- > In the long run, however, it is the "other" energy sources
- > that show the most promise. If we can generate hydrogen
- > from sunlight and water at any sort of efficiency at all, we
- > will have a good shot at achieving a truly non-polluting,
- > very long-term (almost inexhaustible) energy source for
- > vehicular transportation. Wind power, tidal power, etc.,
- > also are possibilities.
-
- The problem seems to be that to few decision making people are willing
- to really go for it. Progress is much slower in the field compared to
- other fields.
-
- > --
- > --Electric Monk (Bruce Gaede);
- > e-mail: bjgaed@ccmail.monsanto.com
- >
- > "...and then time started seriously to pass."
- > --Douglas Adams, _Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency_
-