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To: Jimbobwae who wrote (27650)12/4/2003 3:47:18 AM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 206092
 
The point is why not take the bad stuff out ahead of the burning process?

You must be young. Apparently physics is no longer taught in school. Have you done the energy budgets calc on the extraction you so naively suggest?

A few centuries ago, someone*** suggested that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Why are you suggesting one now?

***Alternatively, The Earl of Sandwich who cheated his way into a lifetime of free lunches, worried about this: Cf.: Message 19556806



To: Jimbobwae who wrote (27650)12/6/2003 12:45:55 PM
From: Mark Adams  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 206092
 
A mention of using bacteria to extract methane from coal prompted a search, which turned up the following article of interest.

Scientists Awarded Patent for Coal-Purifying Bacteria
bnl.gov

Perhaps an example of 'Let Nature be your guide' executed.

BNL Scientists Develop Bacteria To Make Methane From Coal
futurepundit.com


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