tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762040483401328171.post5321088817289253463..comments2023-07-07T10:20:28.100-05:00Comments on West of HTML: Save the planet - ride a busJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00406367712158494511noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762040483401328171.post-3377558772385448602007-02-09T15:42:00.000-05:002007-02-09T15:42:00.000-05:00After a glance at your titles, I decided to view t...After a glance at your titles, I decided to view this one first, because I note a major flaw in your premise: Riding a bus <B><I>will not</I></B> "save the planet", though it could be a step in the right direction... <B>But</B> there is a danger that after the first, or a few, little 'inconveniences' in the name of conservation, people will say "Well, I've done <B><I>my</I></B> bit for the environment!" and do no more. <BR/><BR/>This is <B><I>Really</I> Not Good</B>, since even reducing CO2 emissions to <B><I>zero</I></B>, planetwide, today, would still subject the globe to <I>at least another 200 years</I> of Global Warming, possibly much more. <BR/><BR/>Nor would it help to convert to <I>100% biofuels</I> for all energy needs, as this would require the <I>entire photosynthetic capacity</I> <BR/>of the <I><B>entire Earth </B>(even the plants in the seas and <BR/>oceans)! </I> This would be very bad, of course, since <I>it would leave <B>nothing</B> for any animal to <B>eat!</B></I> <BR/><BR/>An infinitely more useful idea was put forth in a crude form in the early Seventies by the illustrious Prof. Victor Starr of M.I.T. I have independently re-invented the idea and greatly improved upon it (I.M.H.O.)<BR/><BR/>The jist of the idea is: Nature puts <I><B>1000 times as much energy into evaporating water </B></I>as into photosynthesis, and by building large 'chimney' structures for moist air to rise up (as it does in thunderstorms, which work on the same basic physical principle), we can tap into that indirect solar energy to produce first electricity and drinking water (e.g. Starr), and then a whole host of additional useful substances such as ammonia and liquid Oxygen and liquid Nitrogen.<BR/><BR/>LOx can be used to completely clean up the CO2 emissions from utilities and factories burning coal, oil, gas, even firewood! LN2 can be used as a pollutionless replacement for gasoline and diesel fuel.<BR/><BR/>The water produced by these new 'chimneys' is fresh water, suitable for drinking, bathing, washing clothes, agriculture, you name it... and the quantity produced by each 'chimney' can be <I>quite large,</I> like a billion gallons per day, or even more, yet it can be produced from <B><I>plain old seawater! (Just like Nature does it.)</I></B> <BR/><BR/>These same chimneys can also <I>actively 'scrub out' the excess CO2 already in the atmosphere, </I>and do it very quickly and inexpensively. <BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Steve<BR/><A HREF="info@intract-tech.com" REL="nofollow">info@intract-tech.com</A><BR/>-----------------------------Intellectuals solve problems;<BR/>geniuses prevent them. <BR/>- Albert Einstein: physicist,<BR/>Nobel laureate (1879-1955)<BR/>-----------------------------Intract Technologieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242316423039112470noreply@blogger.com