>Why do you not use ethanol instead or biodiesel if the truck is a diesel?
Our primary interest is in converting wood waste into methanol. That
involves generating H2 and CO, and being able to sweeten the mix in order
to increase yield, hence our interest in ancillary ways to generate and use
hydrogen.
>To see any sense in hydrogen, you must use the unbeatable female logic,
>"because I like it".
Us girly-men do tend to look at things from a non-linear perspective
at times :-)
We're coming at this from a different angle. Over the past two decades
we've built an intentional research community that does all sorts of
interesting things here on our 130 acre campus. We're not looking to sell
energy in any form; we just don't want to have to buy energy in order to
support the work we do.
Our prime goal is the study and utilization of sustainable systems, and
often the key to that lies in diversity. So while it's quite true that some
energy utilization paths make more sense than others in a given
application, it's also true that there's value in keeping your options
open. We're not going to bet the farm on any one path, and we've found that
most technological options have something to offer at some point in the cycle.
Our land has a wealth of energy resources including solar, wind, and hydro
in addition to our forest's annual production of biomass. From that the
community wants heating, cooling, lights, transportation fuel, food, fiber
and so on. There's no one technology that can cover that wide a range of
interests and activities so we're usually tinkering with a range of options
and seeing how they might mesh to better meet our needs.
And yes, sometimes we mess with options for no better reason that it
pleases us to do so :-)
Walt
http://www.windward.org/
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