Monday, June 10, 2024

Carbon carnival, Earth edition

I'll follow up the earlier carbon poast with a poast as is useful here right now. Mostly, only for here; although Titanoids might appreciate what to do with their literal lakes of natural-gas.

Sometimes hydrogen is the point. Can we store it?

Overall, why even sweat CO2 where we have CH4. Jet companies can take methane directly from the well - and from landfills. (And no, I am not willing to vaccinate cows. Wolves gotta eat too you know.)

We can also talk efficiencies on combustions wot we got already. Lately also diesel... bane of Planet of the Humans and of old-growth generally.

We already know that coal mines are a fine place to look for rare-earths. I was wondering if West Virginia might be able to hit up the tailings. But the American West seems an even cheaper and better place. Maybe WV should aim at being the national laboratory for wringing efficiencies out marginal mines.

This winter we heard much hype about ammonia for shipping (why not nuclear, bro). Ammonia looks ... risky.

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