Comments on: Obama: Blame the Iraq War for Lack of US Climate Change Leadership http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/05/14/obama-blame-the-iraq-war-for-lack-of-us-climate-change-leadership/ Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet Wed, 23 May 2012 01:08:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Short Supplies Cause US Soldiers to Steal Water from Private Contractors in Iraq : Red, Green, and Blue http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/05/14/obama-blame-the-iraq-war-for-lack-of-us-climate-change-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-54285 Short Supplies Cause US Soldiers to Steal Water from Private Contractors in Iraq : Red, Green, and Blue Wed, 13 May 2009 00:57:43 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/05/14/obama-blame-the-iraq-war-for-lack-of-us-climate-change-leadership/#comment-54285 [...] is irresponsible.  If we can’t provide the basic neccessities to our troops in the Iraq War, then they shouldn’t be [...] [...] is irresponsible.  If we can’t provide the basic neccessities to our troops in the Iraq War, then they shouldn’t be [...]

]]> By: Mean Joe Green #10: Pessimistic Poetry : Red, Green, and Blue http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/05/14/obama-blame-the-iraq-war-for-lack-of-us-climate-change-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-2601 Mean Joe Green #10: Pessimistic Poetry : Red, Green, and Blue Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:00:28 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/05/14/obama-blame-the-iraq-war-for-lack-of-us-climate-change-leadership/#comment-2601 [...] have faith that Barack Obama will get elected. And that he’ll make a change for the better (it could hardly get worse). The biggest thing I like about Barack is the excitement he brings to [...] [...] have faith that Barack Obama will get elected. And that he’ll make a change for the better (it could hardly get worse). The biggest thing I like about Barack is the excitement he brings to [...]

]]> By: The John McCain 100% Organic Cotton ‘Onesie?’ : Red, Green, and Blue http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/05/14/obama-blame-the-iraq-war-for-lack-of-us-climate-change-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-298 The John McCain 100% Organic Cotton ‘Onesie?’ : Red, Green, and Blue Thu, 15 May 2008 20:13:00 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/05/14/obama-blame-the-iraq-war-for-lack-of-us-climate-change-leadership/#comment-298 [...] “Obama: Blame the Iraq War for Lack of US Climate Leadership” Add a comment or question Tags: 2008 presidential election, greenwashing, John McCain Share/Email Stumble It « Previous post aj_server="http://rotator.adjuggler.com/servlet/ajrotator/";aj_tagver="1.0";aj_zone="green";aj_adspot="345605";aj_page="0";aj_dim="300787";aj_ch="";aj_ct="";aj_kw="";aj_pv=true;aj_click=""; [...] [...] “Obama: Blame the Iraq War for Lack of US Climate Leadership” Add a comment or question Tags: 2008 presidential election, greenwashing, John McCain Share/Email Stumble It « Previous post aj_server=”http://rotator.adjuggler.com/servlet/ajrotator/”;aj_tagver=”1.0″;aj_zone=”green”;aj_adspot=”345605″;aj_page=”0″;aj_dim=”300787″;aj_ch=”";aj_ct=”";aj_kw=”";aj_pv=true;aj_click=”"; [...]

]]> By: Rod Adams http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/05/14/obama-blame-the-iraq-war-for-lack-of-us-climate-change-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Rod Adams Wed, 14 May 2008 15:33:52 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/05/14/obama-blame-the-iraq-war-for-lack-of-us-climate-change-leadership/#comment-279 Perhaps Obama is not so wrong in his suggestion to turn coal into liquid fuel, especially if he proposes that there needs to be better ways of doing it than the ways that we know today. The process that is still in use in South Africa, for example, makes use of a technology that was developed in the 1930s. It consumes about 2/3 of the input coal to add heat to the process for splitting H2 out of steam and for then combining it with C from the coal to produce a liquid hydrocarbon. An friend of mine has been working for several years using his own money to develop a much more friendly process that consumes none of the coal during the heating process and produces a very high quality diesel fuel that has none of the contaminants in the original coal. The process can be done at the mine with the residue put right back where the coal came from. Instead of hundreds of train cars leaving mine each day, the product can be piped away. Instead of it having to be shipped across the ocean at great expense, it can come from the efforts of US workers. Instead of the US spending its treasure protecting supply lines to unstable oil countries, we can put that money to much better use. We might even be able to reduce the vast quantity of fuel consumed by warships, tanks and fighter jets. Sure, there is still CO2 produced when the manufactured hydrocarbon is burned, but there are hundreds of millions of cars and trucks on the road today. I do not think there is any chance at all that we can suddenly stop using them. If you want more information about the process, you can search for Liquid Coal. Perhaps Obama is not so wrong in his suggestion to turn coal into liquid fuel, especially if he proposes that there needs to be better ways of doing it than the ways that we know today.

The process that is still in use in South Africa, for example, makes use of a technology that was developed in the 1930s. It consumes about 2/3 of the input coal to add heat to the process for splitting H2 out of steam and for then combining it with C from the coal to produce a liquid hydrocarbon.

An friend of mine has been working for several years using his own money to develop a much more friendly process that consumes none of the coal during the heating process and produces a very high quality diesel fuel that has none of the contaminants in the original coal. The process can be done at the mine with the residue put right back where the coal came from. Instead of hundreds of train cars leaving mine each day, the product can be piped away. Instead of it having to be shipped across the ocean at great expense, it can come from the efforts of US workers. Instead of the US spending its treasure protecting supply lines to unstable oil countries, we can put that money to much better use. We might even be able to reduce the vast quantity of fuel consumed by warships, tanks and fighter jets.

Sure, there is still CO2 produced when the manufactured hydrocarbon is burned, but there are hundreds of millions of cars and trucks on the road today. I do not think there is any chance at all that we can suddenly stop using them.

If you want more information about the process, you can search for Liquid Coal.

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