Spanish scientists search for fuel of the futurea

[wyouser]

Anyone aware of BFS Bio fuels systems company or the Swedish energy group Vattenfall? This is an interesting read. The Spanish feel 10 years to get to industrial production. "In a unit the covers 50 square kilometers, which is not something enormous, in barren regions of southern Spain, we could produce about 1.25 million barrels per day," this is about equal to the daily oil production of Iraq. In Germany, the Swedish energy groyup Vattenfall launced a pilot project in which algae is used to absorb co2 from a coal powered power plant to produce bio oil. news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110331/bs_afp/spainenergyalternativeenviornmentresearch

[dothedd]

wyouser:

Thanks for sharing, I will add it to my "alternative-energy list."

Below are a couple of interesting [AE] links. I'm happy to see [WE] are working on a new resource ... other than NUKES!

www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/09/miniature-nuclear-reactors-los-alamos

www.hyperionpowergeneration.com/

Texas A&M has several projects on the board:

arise.tamu.edu/

Using corn or other food products for fuel would not be my first choice for obvious reasons.

My personal favorite ...
Feb. 18, 2010
The Bloom Box: An Energy Breakthrough?
60 Minutes: First Customers Say Energy Machine Works And Saves Money

www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/18/60minutes/main6221135.shtml

Have a good day.

DOTHEDD

[verrip1]

... and now a different view from a responsible spokesman:

www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2011/02/15/greenpeace-still-tilting-at-windmills-in-spain/

Just in time for President Obama’s new budget with a large increase in spending on ‘clean energy’ (renewables), and the coincidental hearing in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Green Jobs and Trade, Greenpeace is weighing in to try and rehabilitate President Obama’s erstwhile model for these schemes: Spain.

Just this month Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero admitted for the first time that Spain’s solar industry just might be a bubble after all, with many resemblances to another recent bubble in housing.

Spain’s green layoffs over the last two years have been devastating. According to some sources, up to 75,000 working contracts have been destroyed. That would not shock us if they are right since most of the jobs created were temporary for installation purposes. It was a bubble created by expensive ‘green jobs’ schemes. The bubble burst, leaving Spain vastly worse off than had it not ever incurred the debt and economic harm in the first place.

Spain has increased its electricity costs for households and small businesses 20% in the past twelve months (from January 2010 to January 2011). The government’s official explanation of this increase is the huge bill for renewables’ subsidies.

Since the Socialist government took office with its ‘green jobs’ and ‘clean energy economy’ agenda, much like President Obama’s, industry’s electricity costs have risen 110% and Spain now has 20.33% official unemployment.