>Thus, calling Fischer and the other synthetic ammonia/synthetic >hydrocarbon researchers Hitler's scientists is deeply unfair to them, as >there is no evidence for Nazism or Nazi sympathies. They had the >misfortune to be Germans at a time when Germany was gradually becoming >radicalized. If the Reds had won the bipolar power struggle in the >Thirties, those same workers would likely have been labeled Commies, >with equal justice!
>Marc de Piolenc Dear Marc, Your criticism of my statement is well noted both here, online and offline by others. I should have said something like "Fischer-Tropsch synthetic chemistry, invented in 1917 by german chemists Fischer & Tropsch, was later utilized byAdolph Hiter to provide synthetic diesel, gasoline and jet fuel for his WWII exploits." Along the same subject area, the home page for Dakota Gasification gives absolutely NO details about using super bugs to produce ethanol from coal and I've been too busy with my own business to spend some time on the phone tracking this one down. But I shall, because it needs to be clarified. And Doc Simpson's excellent clarification of some of Shell's synthetic chemistry was fascinating. It sounds like he may have worked on this plant's construction or something. I wonder if he can provide more details to his last sentence in post #8887 which reads "The cost of producing sulphur free, and aromatic free fuels is around $1.75-$1.80 per bbl ." I simply don't understand that arithmetic. Persons I know who are actively engaged in oil-based GTL fischer-tropsch production technology have had to go to places like Trinidad Tobago or Western Australia to gain access to 50¢ methane as feedstocks. And then the sulfur-free paraffin waxes produced are then hydro-cracked down maybe 3 to 5 times to produce the synthetic hydrocarbon chains in gasoline or diesel lengths and are noted for being very expensive, something like over $2 per gallon of finished-product, not less than $2 per 42-gallon barrel. Please provide us some more info here Doc and I'll report on what I learn about bacterial bugs converting coal to ethanol. Many thanks. --Mark Radosevich [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/MDsVHB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
