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To: Maverick who wrote (3670)	12/28/1998 10:52:00 PM
From: EUGENETUCK	Respond to of 4908

Maverick, I called S&P, and got a recorded message from the analyst. He never returned my call. Someone called before me, because the operator thought I was that person calling again. I don't know if they got the same response I did. I also have e-mail sent to an S&P service that claims it will answer within two days.

To: Maverick who wrote (3670)	12/29/1998 1:38:00 AM
From: PIERRE HANDL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4908

Watch out, the plate is hot! sae.org Did you pick up on this beauty of a statement: "Hydrogen production occurs at a temperature of some 280 °C. Methanol and water vaporize to yield hydrogen (H), carbon dioxide (CO2), and carbon monoxide (CO)." 280 degrees C is equivalent to: 536 degrees F How would you like to hit this mother when it's cooking gas. People don't understand that it takes added energy and release of energy to transform a substance from a steady state into another steady state. Methanol will not just transform itself and release its hydrogen just because we would like it to. The temperatures are high, but I wonder how much energy is really lost (on a total system basis) with all this processing from one state to another. OCP just simply helps complete the combustion process and use the applied energy more efficiently as nature intended.