[Gasification] Liquid Fuel the Root of All Evil?

[Jeff Davis]

> I believe you are.  If liquid fuels are the root of all evil,
> vaporizing them would solve all the problems.  It doesn't.
>
Hi David,

You have a good point.

On the other hand, a lot of people have died in wars over oil.

My thoughts are more on the line of: is it worth converting biomass to a
liquid fuel when there is not enough to supply our great demand. Why not
just go from solid to gas?

Jeff



David wrote:
> Easy access to powered vehicles may be the cause of some of the
> evils, but also the cause of some good -- ask anyone who hs had a
> life saved (theirs or a loved one's) by being able to get to a
> hospital quickly.
>
> So you are saying you would rather see some people die?  Hardly a
> necessarily good idea.
>
> Since what you feel is really wrong is easily used vehicles, why not
> require a steam vehicle with a firetube boiler which takes 1/2 hour
> or more to heat up.  None of these newfangled Stanley Steamer flash
> boilers!
>
> David G. LeVine
> Nashua, NH  03060


-- 
Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA