Reality? Reality is many things, lurking isn't something I do. Been south for sometime now, living the life of Riley, as the expression goes.
No, me and Big Brother $ill won't be exchanging Xmas cards anytime in the forseeable future.
Off on a wrong tangent on fuel cells? First off, Houston is now the second most polluted air in the US. It ain't from diesel. As a matter of fact, they have one of the biggest fleet of LPG buses in the US. Nope the air is from good ole love affair with the automobile ( an mainly at 70+Mph) and the ever present petro-chemical industrial complex along the ship channel. Diesel usage here is probably no different than other large metro complexes in the US.
YEs I agree that fuel cell technology in transport is limited to mass transit and a very long way from commerical application. One reason I steer clear of Ballard. However, in the production of electricity, we are talking entirely different things. OF all the alternative methods, less hydro, fuel cell technology is the most promising and efficent. Turbine technology has been around since the 50's, when GM tinker with it in production auto's and Mario Andretti won the 1969 Indy 500 in a STP turbine that blew the field away two years in a row. It's not new.
There is more substantial evidence that oil is a natural occuring element within the earth. This was first postulated around 10 eyars ago by s Swede scientist. But it is still in limit supply and becoming more difficult to produce or housed in some unfriendly places on the earth.
Kerosene burns, as it was the fuel of choice in the winters in Italy and German in the 70's, made wonderful little stoves to burn it. Fuel oil is burn here in the US, which essentially is near a diesel grade. Napalm is basically diesel and a thickening agent, that not only explodes and spreads, but burns as well. AS I said, it is less volatile, but still a hazard.
At any rate, if I should ever do another gig consulting, I'll keep this company in the back of my mind. Frankly, I don't see it happening, but kicking back and doing noting is starting to grind on me a bit. They claim it will burn sour gas. Otta play real well in Luling, TX.
You never did sell me on the LEO's and I think that it started to bear itself out. My fear is that it will render the big bandwidth LEO's as obsolete before deployment as well. |
