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US Navy 'game-changer': converting seawater into fuel
Posted on 4/8/14 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 4/8/14 at 12:49 pm
I didn't see a post about this, so I apologize if I missed it.
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Very interesting if it turns out to be worth while. I wonder what kind of energy needs to go into the process and if it's at least neutral in that respect.
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The US Navy believes it has finally worked out the solution to a problem that has intrigued scientists for decades: how to take seawater and use it as fuel.
The development of a liquid hydrocarbon fuel is being hailed as "a game-changer" because it would significantly shorten the supply chain, a weak link that makes any force easier to attack.
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The ultimate goal is to eventually get away from the dependence on oil altogether, which would also mean the navy is no longer hostage to potential shortages of oil or fluctuations in its cost.
Very interesting if it turns out to be worth while. I wonder what kind of energy needs to go into the process and if it's at least neutral in that respect.
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Posted on 4/8/14 at 12:56 pm to TigerNutwhack
We do something similar right now in my family's recycling business. We turn discarded hydrocarbons into liquid and gaseous fuel.
Ten years is nothing.
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Drawbacks? Only one, it seems: researchers warn it will be at least a decade before US ships are able to produce their own fuel on board.
Ten years is nothing.
This post was edited on 4/8/14 at 3:57 pm
Posted on 4/8/14 at 12:58 pm to TigerNutwhack
Wonder if Snowden has turned this over to the Russian's yet?
Posted on 4/8/14 at 12:59 pm to TigerNutwhack
The real game-changer is when that hits the civilian market. Within 50 years the Middle East will be fairly irrelevant.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 1:03 pm to TigerNutwhack
Don't have time to research the energy technology.
Are they using hydrolysis to separate the water molecules into the base H2 & O atoms?
Are they using hydrolysis to separate the water molecules into the base H2 & O atoms?
Posted on 4/8/14 at 1:34 pm to TigerNutwhack
The US Navy is really on a PR/Marketing push these past two days.
They must need more/want to keep their funding.
They must need more/want to keep their funding.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 3:52 pm to TigerNutwhack
This is a bit off-topic, but U.S. aircraft carriers and submarines can go 25 years before needing to be refueled. It's powered by uranium only the size of a fist. I thought that was incredible.
This post was edited on 4/8/14 at 3:54 pm
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