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Pastimes : The New Qualcomm - write what you like thread. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: A.J. Mullen who wrote (1867)	7/13/2000 10:37:36 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12231

AJ, I thought the discussion would tempt you from your 3D cave to come out into the light of cyberspace. With methane being emitted from hydro reservoirs, this seems to give us more hope! If we can get enough to be emitted, we could drive our cars without refueling, while keeping earth warm. Gas-fueled lean-burn engines will be the order of the day. Sure, we'd need to wear a mask to separate out the oxygen to breath, but that's a small price to pay for such a great new system. If we stayed in our cars, we wouldn't even need to wear a mask. Buildings and cars could be methane-free zones. Even if there isn't enough to fuel a vehicle, we might not succeed in keeping the earth warm with methane because the engines will suck it in and burn it. I suppose other means of depleting our methane production will happen too - does UV cause oxidation of atmospheric methane? I can't really imagine the hydro schemes around the world would contribute significantly to methane emission. I suspect that we have dramatically reduced methane production by filling in swampy areas for farmland, residential and city purposes for example. Bombay/Mumbai for example [I think] was in a fairly swampy area. Now covered in concrete for a dramatic reduction in methane production [though there are a lot of people there who probably emit some methane]. Sure, there are line losses in power lines, but there are pumping losses for natural gas, not to mention the odd leak. I think dams have provided very cheap electricity, so they are definitely wonderful. I'm right now using US3c per kilowatt hour electricity, straight from the Waikato River. The lakes enable boating and other fun. Mqurice