$1 a gallon will never happen...at least not in my/our lifetime, i doubt even under $2.
It'll never go much further under what it is now... companies are too used to the current prices, Even though Exxon made something like 400 Billion in Profits last year
This seems like it'd produce much cleaner fuel than from crude oil. It takes in carbon dioxide (and I'm assuming water too, otherwise where the hell is it getting hydrogen from to make hydrocarbons...) and produces hydrocarbons only. No nitrogen containing compounds, no sulfur containing compounds... If it's actually doing what it says... Fucking amazing, we won't have to worry about global warming from fossil fuels (produced by these bacteria) again.
[QUOTE=Killerelf12;27521116]This seems like it'd produce much cleaner fuel than from crude oil. It takes in carbon dioxide (and I'm assuming water too, otherwise where the hell is it getting hydrogen from to make hydrocarbons...) and produces hydrocarbons only. No nitrogen containing compounds, no sulfur containing compounds... If it's actually doing what it says... Fucking amazing, we won't have to worry about global warming from fossil fuels (produced by these bacteria) again.[/QUOTE]
Actually, if we stopped taking oil out of the earth, and only used this to create our oil, we should maintain the level of CO2 in the atmosphere we have right now, so all we have to do then is plant some tree's to bring back the CO2 level a bit, and we'll be having a constant, steady level from then on. Which we control.
[QUOTE=Moose;27518936]a viral strain of human rabies
infection
quarantine
massacre[/QUOTE]
Hey, killing 80% of the population does wonders for your social problems!
/sarcasm
Anyway, this is very cool.
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[QUOTE=mobrockers;27521206]Actually, if we stopped taking oil out of the earth, and only used this to create our oil, we should maintain the level of CO2 in the atmosphere we have right now, so all we have to do then is plant some tree's to bring back the CO2 level a bit, and we'll be having a constant, steady level from then on. Which we control.[/QUOTE]
:psyduck:
Wait so we can control the climate??? The fuck.
[QUOTE=mobrockers;27521206]Actually, if we stopped taking oil out of the earth, and only used this to create our oil, we should maintain the level of CO2 in the atmosphere we have right now, so all we have to do then is plant some tree's to bring back the CO2 level a bit, and we'll be having a constant, steady level from then on. Which we control.[/QUOTE]
That's what I was saying. It also would reduce acid precipitation, which comes from the nitrates and sulfates produced during combustion of gasoline (from crude oil).
Earth is Saved!
[QUOTE=Random94;27517840]Actually green technology is more expensive than fossil fuels.
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To be honest green power is not worth he money for the overall electrical output, it's only enough to power a small town and if more will be bought then it will cost more than necessary, and fossil fuels are inneficient, i think we should go nuclear because it's quite expensive but it's worth the money because it is one of the largest generators of electricity we have.[/QUOTE]
They're working on the whole making it efficent thing. Wind energy at the very least can compete with coal head on.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;27521668]Hey, killing 80% of the population does wonders for your social problems!
/sarcasm
Anyway, this is very cool.
[editline]19th January 2011[/editline]
:psyduck:
Wait so we can control the climate??? The fuck.[/QUOTE]
Killing 80% of the population would also fix all our environmental problems (for now).
[QUOTE=mobrockers;27521858]Killing 80% of the population would also fix all our environmental problems (for now).[/QUOTE]
Damn straight.
[QUOTE=Randdalf;27517829]not to mention that the US will lose a general interest in the Middle East.[/QUOTE]
Oh god how horrible that would be
[editline]19th January 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=The mouse;27521820]Earth is Saved![/QUOTE]
Not really, but this is an effective way of stalling the problem.
Hopefully advancements can get made in Fusion and Fission in the near future for a more reliable and clean form of electric energy.
Why is this not all over every news agency? I'm pretty sure this is a major breakthrough.
[QUOTE=mobrockers;27521206]Actually, if we stopped taking oil out of the earth, and only used this to create our oil, we should maintain the level of CO2 in the atmosphere we have right now, so all we have to do then is plant some tree's to bring back the CO2 level a bit, and we'll be having a constant, steady level from then on. Which we control.[/QUOTE]
And then things start looking better, people are enjoying themselves, maybe even too much, a lot of people will get born (regardless anyway) and we run into some other kind of problems and eventually we've gotta expand this new technology, don't we?
This seems wonderful. A bacteria that eats the pollution generated by fossil fuels and turns it back into fossil fuel. Gas possibly dropping back to a dollar a gallon. Last time it was that cheap was Christmas Eve 1999. If this isn't destroyed somehow by OPEC I am all for it. Some person in power that has interest in the middle east will stop it though. Claim it's illegal and confiscate everything.
If it happens and goes mass production my Cadillac and I will be very happy. In fact I may go buy that Peterbilt 389 I have been wanting.
I'll leave this right here. My step father yesterday told me about this story that I found on yahoo answeres today. I've research this story it seems to be 100% legit. The creator was bought out by One of the Oil giants.
[url]http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080314071759AAlDa9o[/url]
Read the first post.
Now I can make Molotov cocktails without the guilt of wasting a valuable resource!
E. Coli, the Wonderbacteria!
This seems to good to be true. I don't believe this for a fucking second until there's some sort of peer-reviewed article on it. I've been following the research on fuel produced via microorganisms for quite a while, and as far as I've seen in the literature, we're at least several years from commercializing anything like this. This company is doing science via press release, which is always a cause for alarm. Additionally, a breakthrough like this does [b]not[/b] simply happen overnight. Until there's something in the literature, and the paper is gone over by scientists working in the field, these findings will remain suspect.
[QUOTE=Aide;27522476]I'll leave this right here. My step father yesterday told me about this story that I found on yahoo answeres today. I've research this story it seems to be 100% legit. The creator was bought out by One of the Oil giants.
[url]http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080314071759AAlDa9o[/url]
Read the first post.[/QUOTE]
It's true sadly, this technology probably won't be released or used in any large scale for decades, or simply wont ever see the light of day period. :smith:
[QUOTE=Aide;27522476]I'll leave this right here. My step father yesterday told me about this story that I found on yahoo answeres today. I've research this story it seems to be 100% legit. The creator was bought out by One of the Oil giants.
[url]http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080314071759AAlDa9o[/url]
Read the first post.[/QUOTE]
Impossible bullshit that has no verification, no published papers and absolutely no fucking corroborating evidence to support it. Hardly '100% legitimate.'
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[QUOTE=lorden;27523408]It's true sadly, this technology probably won't be released or used in any large scale for decades, or simply wont ever see the light of day period. :smith:[/QUOTE]
It won't be released for upwards of ten years because that's where the current state of this sort of research is. This company appears to be a fraud; after this makes its rounds on the media, I wouldn't be surprised at all if they make an IPO and people buy into it en-masse. After which, the company simply vanishes, along with all the investor's money.
[QUOTE=MendozaMan;27517627]Effing A, the only reason green technology was getting popular was because fossil fuels were getting too expensive.
Now were just gonna be stuck with them again, say bye to plant material fuel, solar energy, wind energy and advanced nuclear energy :v:
At least we will still have the Prius :smith:[/QUOTE]
The Prius is a terrible car.
When you drive it in gas mode you have to drag a heavy battery around so it performs poorly. When you drive in electric mode it has to drag an unused engine around.
So it eats carbon dioxide and shits oil? Sounds almost too good to be true.
Personally I knew it was only a matter of time until someone developed a bacteria that produced fuel.
[QUOTE=jeimizu;27523586]The Prius is a terrible car.
When you drive it in gas mode you have to drag a heavy battery around so it performs poorly. When you drive in electric mode it has to drag an unused engine around.[/QUOTE]
The Prius is less environmentally friendly than my POS early 90's Lexus. Show [url=http://blog.leasetrader.com/archive/2007/08/23/Toyotas-Prius-is-Less-Efficient-and-Environmentally-Friendly-than-a.aspx]this[/url] to all those pretentious Prius driving yuppies.
I will make trillions when I patent my "Pizza excreting E.Coli", it works by eating pure grease and shitting out pizza.
[quote]In September, a privately held and highly secretive U.S. biotech company named Joule Unlimited received a patent for “a proprietary organism” – a genetically adapted E. coli bacterium – that [b]feeds solely on carbon dioxide and excretes liquid hydrocarbons[/b]: diesel fuel, jet fuel and gasoline. This breakthrough technology, the company says, will deliver renewable supplies of liquid fossil fuel almost anywhere on Earth, in essentially unlimited quantity and at an energy-cost equivalent of $30 (U.S.) a barrel of crude oil. It will deliver, the company says, “fossil fuels on demand.”[/quote]
awesome
Guys, for those that did not see, it consumes CO2 and excretes Hydrocarbons. Endless carbon cycle, AKA No environmental damage aside for toxins like Sulfur Dioxide.
It's funny that E.coli is pretty much everywhere. It's inside your intestines, inside your crap. That means it is essiantially an infinite resource as far as bacteria go :v:
[QUOTE=zombini;27523706]Guys, for those that did not see, it consumes CO2 and excretes Hydrocarbons. Endless carbon cycle, AKA No environmental damage aside for toxins like Sulfur Dioxide.[/QUOTE]
And in case you didn't see; there is no evidence at all for this being true.
You fucks are all so gullible when it comes to anything like this.
[QUOTE=Sgt.Sgt;27522415]This seems wonderful. A bacteria that eats the pollution generated by fossil fuels and turns it back into fossil fuel.[/QUOTE]
doesn't this break the laws of thermodynamics?
you'll have to put energy into it somewhere
[QUOTE=MendozaMan;27523723]It's funny that E.coli is pretty much everywhere. It's inside your intestines, inside your crap. That means it is essiantially an infinite resource as far as bacteria go :v:[/QUOTE]
Welcome to the world of biotech post-1980.
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[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;27523733]doesn't this break the laws of thermodynamics?
you'll have to put energy into it somewhere[/QUOTE]
It could possibly be photosynthetic, but like I've been saying, there's no published evidence that any of their claims are true.
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