tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post479330676422157203..comments2024-03-16T08:04:53.086-05:00Comments on Dredd Blog: A Methanol Economy Way Out Of HereUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-40157267643602747562010-06-23T13:40:24.560-05:002010-06-23T13:40:24.560-05:00The articles, scientific treatises, and white pape...The articles, scientific treatises, and white papers linked to in this post fully address the concerns Gail alludes to.<br /><br />I would point to the statement in the post: "<i>There are many forms of alternative energy generation and storage, but these two have formidable transitional characteristics, so without disrespecting any other clean energy, we focus on these two in this post</i>."<br /><br />I have had run ins with people who have made a religion out of ecology and who have lost the concept of where we are; where we must begin.<br /><br />Where we must begin is in this reality: we have a <i>debilitating addiction</i> to fossil fuels.<br /><br />That addiction will without any doubt destroy civilization in and of itself; that is, whether nuclear war does or not.<br /><br />So, methanol (not ethanol) is used as <i>one example</i> of transition, because it is very well fitted to the reality of where we must begin.<br /><br />We must begin where we are: a world with fossil fuel vehicles, fossil fuel power generation, and a political paralysis that gives very little more than lip service to a solution that will avoid the demise of civilization.<br /><br />That notion is too much for the other religious people (typically protestant ethic) who think the earth is a toy we can do with as we please, i.e., "God made it for us to ruin".<br /><br />These opposing religious views must be reconciled, then we must move toward purity, not start with purity, because we have no purity to begin with.<br /><br />That horse (purity) already left the barn.Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-71174308267919395522010-06-23T09:42:33.313-05:002010-06-23T09:42:33.313-05:00Thanks, Dredd.
Randy, I assumed most people who n...Thanks, Dredd.<br /><br />Randy, I assumed most people who navigate the intertubes know to click on a name when it is highlighted, which usually goes to a link that in my case at least, provides exhaustive documentation from published peer-reviewed scientific research that supports my assertions.<br /><br />But to make it easy, here's the link to the list:<br /><br />http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/p/basic-premise.html<br /><br />Odiously yours,<br /><br />GailGail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-74475778558201781132010-06-23T08:20:23.375-05:002010-06-23T08:20:23.375-05:00Gail has a good blog called Wit's End with saa...Gail has a good blog called <a href="http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Wit's End</a> with saavy info.Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-7479902817454082352010-06-23T08:11:22.915-05:002010-06-23T08:11:22.915-05:00Gail,
It is a courtesy to provide links to assert...Gail,<br /><br />It is a courtesy to provide links to assertions, otherwise one gives the impression that <i>their opinions</i> trump everything else.<br /><br />That can become odious.Randyhttp://www.peakoil.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-67674851581252382602010-06-23T08:03:39.321-05:002010-06-23T08:03:39.321-05:00There is another critically important aspect of bu...There is another critically important aspect of burning any fuel that is rarely considered. No new combustible fuels should be introduced to the market until the effects of their emissions are tested for safety.<br /><br />Scientific research indicates that ethanol exhaust, for example, is MORE toxic for human health than gasoline (nobody has bothered to check what ozone does to animals), causing MORE cancer, emphysema, and asthma...and is also MORE poisonous to trees and vegetation - causing crop damage, which happens to be at the bottom of the food chain.<br /><br />Despite unambiguous scientific evidence that it poses a dangerous, existential threat, our government mandated the addition of ethanol to gasoline anyway.<br /><br />I don't know anything about what lethal volatile organic compounds methanol might create. Does anyone?Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-90421463954325440752010-06-21T11:52:56.035-05:002010-06-21T11:52:56.035-05:00Once upon a time the Beatles wrote a song about th...Once upon a time the Beatles wrote a song about the oil economy:<br /><br /><i>He roller-coaster he got early warning<br />He got muddy water he one mojo filter<br />He say "One and one and one is three"<br />Got to be good-looking <br />'cause he's so hard to see<br />Come together right now over me</i><br /><br />(<b>Come Together Right</b> <a href="http://www.lyrics007.com/The%20Beatles%20Lyrics/Come%20Together%20Lyrics.html" rel="nofollow">Now Over Me</a>).Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-87062626226174140662010-06-21T10:19:56.775-05:002010-06-21T10:19:56.775-05:00The public has been so deceived they don't kno...The public has been so deceived they don't know the difference between ethanol (taxable) and methanol (not taxable currently).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/corporations/article/0,,id=96418,00.html" rel="nofollow">IRS sez</a> ...<br /><br />Not that taxes is the only difference. ;)Randyhttp://artwanted.com/artist.cfm?artid=3388noreply@blogger.com