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  Re: John Bailo

  Consensus?  On what?

  Try reading the link.

   First of all, your logical is circular.  If there were consensus there would be no debate.

  Try picking up a history book and reading about Big Tobacco vs. well.. just about everyone.On Yes posted 2 years, 3 months ago 7 Responses

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  Read this

  Andrew,

  The aluminum idea has been around for a while.  The problem with hydrogen isn't really storage or even the fuel cells.  It's getting the hydrogen itself:

  Hydrogen Economy: No backing in PhysicsOn A new idea for how to transport the stuff in cars posted 2 years, 4 months ago 28 Responses

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  What do you mean?

  After that it drifted into the usual grab bag of ethanol (which you'll recall he used to oppose), nuclear, and cap-and-trade.

  You can't fault him for ethanol.  He was honest in the last election and we ended up with bush as prez.    Not sure what you mean by the grab bag of nuclear though.  Whether you like it or not nuclear is going to play a very important role in our future.On A mixed bag posted 2 years, 6 months ago 8 Responses

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  You missed the best abstract of them all

  abstract #34

  AQUATIC BIOMASS RESOURCES AND CARBON-DIOXIDE TRAPPING
  CHELF P, BROWN LM, WYMAN CE
  BIOMASS & BIOENERGY 4 (3): 175-183 1993
  Intensively managed microalgal production facilities are capable of fixing several-fold more carbon dioxide per unit area than trees or crops. Although CO2 is still released when fuels derived from algal biomass are burned, integration of microalgal farms for flue gas capture approximately doubles the amount of energy produced per unit of CO2 released. Materials derived from microalgal biomass also can be used for other long-term uses, serving to sequester CO2. Flue gas has the potential to provide sufficient quantities of CO2 for such large-scale microalgae farms. Viewing microalgae farms as a means to reduce the effects of a greenhouse gas (carbon dioxide, CO2) changes the view of the economics of the process. Instead of requiring that microalgae-derived fuel be cost competitive with fossil fuels, the process economics must be compared with those of other technologies proposed to deal with the problem of CO2 pollution. However, development of alternative, environmentally safer energy production technologies will benefit society whether or not global climate change actually occurs. Microalgal biomass production has great potential to contribute to world energy supplies, and to control CO2 emissions as the demand for energy increases. This technology makes productive use of arid and semi-arid lands and highly saline water, resources that are not suitable for agriculture and other biomass technologies.

  How a paper calling for alternative energy debunks the consensus on climate change I will never know.On 'Peiser refuted Oreskes'--In a poor piece of work that has been retracted by its author posted 2 years, 9 months ago 4 Responses

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  :-p

  I can't even tell what it is. Is that a smoke stack?  That is a interesting digital effect.On A bit of environmental art to soften the day posted 2 years, 9 months ago 2 Responses