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Excellent. Now when the hell are we going to see retail products? I would happily pay $6 per gallon for carbon-neutral gasoline for my Prius.

Commented Jun 17, 2015 on “Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case at Green Car Congress

Excellent. Now when the hell are we going to see retail products? I would happily pay $6 per gallon for carbon-neutral gasoline for my Prius.

Commented Jun 17, 2015 on Joule issued patent on production of medium chain-length alkanes from sunlight and CO2; diesel, jet fuel and gasoline at Green Car Congress

Interesting, but far removed from green car applications, no?

Commented May 8, 2013 on 3D magnetic vortices could enable antennas for ultrafast wireless data transmission at Green Car Congress

Thank you E-P.

Commented Jan 20, 2013 on Nations agree on global, legally binding treaty on mercury emissions: Minamata Convention on Mercury at Green Car Congress

Oops, my bad: biomass is OK also. Carry on.

Commented Dec 31, 2012 on Muons and ADNA proposing using accelerator-driven subcritical reactor for heat for production of synthetic fuels and chemicals at Green Car Congress

They want to use coal as a feedstock? Forget it. Get back to us when they want to use CO2 from the air.

Commented Dec 31, 2012 on Muons and ADNA proposing using accelerator-driven subcritical reactor for heat for production of synthetic fuels and chemicals at Green Car Congress

Why is the Crown line not sold in NA?

Commented Dec 31, 2012 on Toyota launches new Crown series sedans in Japan, including new hybrid models at Green Car Congress

This will be money well spent. The development of advanced materials and structures requires much better numerical simulation capability than exists now.

Commented Aug 8, 2012 on DOE awards $62.5M to accelerate development of exascale supercomputers at Green Car Congress

I'd happily pay $6/gallon for renewable gasoline.

Commented Jul 13, 2012 on Sundrop Fuels finalizes ExxonMobil MTG technology license for “green gasoline” production facility at Green Car Congress

Funny how deniers deny that global warming is occurring at all, yet they're all gung-ho over a hint that it may not be quite so bad as it could have been. Then, having no evidence to support their position, they trot out two-year-old gossip and backbiting. Ho hum.

Commented Nov 29, 2011 on Study using paleoclimate data suggests climate sensitivity to CO2 doubling may be less severe than projected at Green Car Congress

LMP1, the "limp one"? Great bit of PR there.

Commented Oct 15, 2011 on Toyota to participate in FIA World Endurance Championship in 2012 with prototype gasoline-electric hybrid LMP1 racer at Green Car Congress

Pulleys, belts, and two clutches? Eww. Toyota and Ford hybrids have none of those unreliable designed-to-wear-out components.

Commented Oct 13, 2011 on Nissan unveils next-generation XTRONIC CVT, new 1-motor, 2-clutch FWD hybrid system, new fuel cell stack at Green Car Congress

Anyone who doesn't like Solyndra must be in an absolute tizzy about SLS, the Senate's $18 billion welfare program for aerospace contractors. That's not even a bet; it's a certainty that nothing useful will come of it, unless you believe that rewarding patronage is a good return on the public investment. Cue the righteous indignation.

Commented Sep 27, 2011 on DOE finalizes $105M loan guarantee for Project Liberty cellulosic bio-refinery in Iowa at Green Car Congress

Why stop smoking now? They'll have much better cancer cures in 20 years.

Commented Sep 17, 2011 on European Parliament calls for fast action to cut non-CO2 climate forcers at Green Car Congress

Belt drive and gears? Feh. License Toyota's HSD system instead.

Commented Aug 18, 2011 on smart ebike to go on sale in 2012 at Green Car Congress

So you agree that we must give up fossil fuels, but only for the proper reasons? and only after we drown the world's coastal cities, destroy our existing agricultural regions, and create a billion refugees? Yes, that certainly does sound like a positive step forward for mankind. Thanks for sharing.

Commented Jul 24, 2011 on Researchers link massive atmospheric carbon injection to end-Triassic mass extinction at Green Car Congress

And whatever happened to superconductive energy storage? It looked promising even before perovskites.

Commented Jul 1, 2011 on NETL investigating researching chemistries for large-scale battery- and supercapacitor-based grid energy storage systems at Green Car Congress

For less than $0.20 per kW-h delivered we can be carbon free. That is a small price to pay.

Commented May 27, 2011 on New GE combined cycle power plant delivers both flexibility and efficiency; enables greater use of wind, solar and natural gas on grid at Green Car Congress

Yes, the US has enough coal to meet 200 years worth of its current energy needs (1). Now we need the wisdom not to use it, because using it would do us irreparable harm. (1) But who thinks that US energy needs will not grow? And of course the world as a whole has only about 100 years worth of coal even at current rates of energy consumption. Whoever develops non-fossil energy will do well, both by using it themselves and selling it to others.

Commented May 16, 2011 on US National Research Council reiterates need for action in US to limit magnitude of climate change; final volume in America’s Climate Choices at Green Car Congress

If you're worried about costs, consider the trillions of dollars it would cost to abandon our coastal cities and lose the grain-growing regions of North America. The US and the world need to use less fossil fuel, not more, no matter how attractive the short-term benefits appear to be. One way or another we're going to have $7 gasoline; it ought to be made from atmospheric CO2 using non-fossil energy sources. One example: http://www.lanl.gov/news/index.php/fuseaction/home.story/story_id/12554

Commented May 16, 2011 on Bill requiring use of coal-derived fuels introduced in US House at Green Car Congress

Is Optima a luxury model? A Prius gets 50 MPG and can easily cost less.

Commented May 11, 2011 on Kia Motors America pricing Optima hybrid with MSRP of $26,500 at Green Car Congress

Sarah who?

Commented Apr 28, 2011 on Sarah Palin on Katie Couric's CBS exit: 'I read that in a newspaper' at Show Tracker

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The water is recirculated in a closed system, so undoubtedly it is demineralized water.

Commented Apr 27, 2011 on Updating the Steam Engine: the Cyclone at Green Car Congress

After five years it's good to finally see them in an application. By the way: what is "Moden Fuel"? I would have thought that any monopropellant is also unavoidably an explosive under all conditions.

Commented Apr 27, 2011 on Raytheon orders multiple external combustion engines from Cyclone Power Technologies at Green Car Congress

Anne has nailed it. Long-term reliability of this thing does not look good.

Commented Apr 14, 2011 on GM develops prototype two-mode hybrid transmission with enhanced EV capability for plug-in hybrids at Green Car Congress