Recent content by Geniere

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    Oil on other Planets?

    The mark arrives as expected. Anyone else think there's a law that ends debate? Thank you for invoking Godwin?s Law; in doing so you insure this political debate survives indefinitely, another good reason to never advance a political agenda in a technical forum. In your large post, the...
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    Oil on other Planets?

    Your repetition does not elicit fact from fiction, although, as Goebbels demonstrated, it does sway the masses. A president makes political decisions; a scientist does research; sometimes the two are in harmony, sometimes they are not. You have your opinion I have mine. I am quite certain my...
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    Oil on other Planets?

    You are correct. I should have distinguished between the "natural gas" released via the in-situ process vs. that brought in from remote locations. Further, I should have mentioned that external energy sources are needed to initiate the processes, perhaps for several years. The intent of my...
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    Oil on other Planets?

    Is this a leftest political forum wherein one expresses their distorted political dogma or a technical forum?
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    Oil on other Planets?

    No, only you. Better proof; is there a superlative, "more proofer", "proofier"? Unlike BT, I've provided some sources to substantiate my statements. You do know that this is the 'Highly Technical" forum. Political twaddle should be posted elsewhere. ?pure thermodynamics?; as opposed to...
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    Oil on other Planets?

    My guess is you plan to major in Education or Polysci?
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    Oil on other Planets?

    Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! Really, really, wrong! Where do you come up with this stuff? Do you think they would burn expensive gas in the conversion process when the much less expensive coal and kerogen fuels are at hand? http://www.clean-energy.us/facts/coal.htm Countries with the...
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    Oil on other Planets?

    Wrong on both counts. Just heat the shale to convert the kerogens to oil. Shell Oil estimates its in situ process will consume 1 unit of energy to yield twice its equivalent in barrels of sweet crude oil. Major corporations are evaluating four other processes. (WO/1983/003676) ANALYSIS...
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    Oil on other Planets?

    Not to worry, there?s plenty of oil in our backyard, lots of it. In fact the US has more oil than the rest of the word combined, much more, 1/3 of the entire world?s reserve, about 1 trillion barrels, enough for over 200 years at present rates of consumption?more than the mid-east ever had...
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    Zude! What do you think?

    I'm an old guy who's not into many of the web activities that interest you young'uns. I have a non-financial interest (know some people) in the success of ZUDE. Please click on the link and let me know what you think of it. http://www.zude.com/tour.htm
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    Is a Power State Other Than 0 and 1 Possible?

    Linky thingy: The Russians did it first! ...
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    nothing can travel faster than the speed of light...

    Sorry posted to wrong thread ...
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    can magnetic fields be made to spin?

    Only the first sentence above is correct. In addition to the strong magnetic field, a weaker field is applied to create a gradient of magnetic flux. The result is each pRoton has a slightly different tilt than its neighbor, thus a means to provide positional information. A radio signal is...
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    Automobile Environmentalism: Hybrid vs. Combustion

    But part of the fun of driving a hybrid is to watch the gauges and try to extract the most energy from every last drop of fuel. My dealer friend says sell about 2 yrs before battery warranty is up.
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    Automobile Environmentalism: Hybrid vs. Combustion

    Actually the $35.00 figure is quite a good estimate but the Israelis, sitting on an abundance of high quality shale, are looking to produce at about $20.00 per barrel. Agreed, however there are always alternative methods. Economics is the key to production methodology, not a perceived...