tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847368.post8763812826673671006..comments2024-01-29T10:04:23.986-08:00Comments on Al Fin Energy: Gasoline Refineries Slowly Come Online, Long Term Oil Prospects Better Than Statedal finhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13739269791915017382noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847368.post-42055760889152247702008-09-30T09:42:00.000-07:002008-09-30T09:42:00.000-07:00Thanks. Using a biological "middle-man" makes sens...Thanks. Using a biological "middle-man" makes sense. The direct method is intreaguing, if it can be made to produce usable product at a competitive price.John Nicklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466423012662670782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847368.post-87576719139707939232008-09-30T09:08:00.000-07:002008-09-30T09:08:00.000-07:00There are many different ways of using sunlight an...There are many different ways of using sunlight and CO2 to produce energy. The most common way is by using photosynthetic plants and microbes as the workhorse intermediaries.<BR/><BR/>Some scientists are trying to "skip the middle man" and produce fuels from CO2 and solar photons without the plants.<BR/><BR/>You need energy, catalysts, and substrate (feedstock). You have to drive your reactions in the right direction and in the proper sequence. You have to quickly remove the byproducts that slow your main sequence reactions. And so on.al finhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13739269791915017382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847368.post-22272346296727804172008-09-30T00:00:00.000-07:002008-09-30T00:00:00.000-07:00Sunlight and CO2. How does that work?If it does wo...Sunlight and CO2. How does that work?<BR/><BR/>If it does work, on an economically viable basis, it would seem to be the best of all the solutions.John Nicklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466423012662670782noreply@blogger.com