--- Nick Palmer wrote: > Whether you turn coal into syngas or methanol or > whatever, you are still desequestrating fossil > carbon.
That is OK so long as it is net carbon neutral. If you turn biomass into syngas then that solution is carbon neutral. If you turn syngas from coal into electricity for grid power, and then channel the exhaust into algae ponds for biofuel, then that solution is carbon neutral Yes, of course, we all would prefer an alternative to carbon for transportation fuel, but you are missing the point as to *practical* solutions which can be implemented now. It is far better to be carbon neutral and free of OPEC oil than any other possible *practical* alternative. > If you think this is a good idea then you > don't understand the situation. I would counter that if you think it is a bad idea, then you not only do not understand the situation, but are playing into the hands of the Big-oil-OPEC hegemony who would love to see impractical idealistic solutions go nowhere. Jones
