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No quite right. Coal is more correctly thought of as a hydrocarbon. Coal gas is another hydrocarbon. The reason you want to make coal-gas, is to decrease air-borne particulates, Hg, and SO*x, which would be a refractory product of the refining process. They (the DOE) claims that because the temperature of combustion at the gas-turbine will be less than about 2000ºC, NOx will not form. But I wonder why would the T at the gas turbine be less than 2000ºC? Every gas turbine I have worked on had catylic converters for NOx. The production of H*2 gas would take place after the creation of "coal gas", which is probably a simple hydrocarbon.

Stay on thread moron, this is about politics Izzy

He's freaky and more than a little scary, but he is one of the few remaining populists left in American politics. Bush Is Running Out of Alibis by Patrick J. Buchanan Posted Feb 03, 2006 "The road of isolationism and protectionism may seem broad and inviting, yet it ends in danger and decline," railed President Bush in his State of the Union. Again and again, Bush returned to his theme. "America rejects the false comfort of isolationism. ... "Isolationism would not only tie our hands in fighting enemies, it would keep us from helping our friends in desperate need. ... "American leaders from Roosevelt to Truman to Kennedy to Reagan rejected isolation and retreat." Why would a president use his State of the Union to lash out at a school of foreign policy thought that has had zero influence in his administration? The answer is a simple one, but it is not an easy one for Bush to face: His foreign policy is visibly failing, and his critics have been proven right. But rather than defend the fruits of his policy, Bush has chosen to caricature critics who warned him against interventionism. Like all politicians in trouble, Bush knows that the best defense is a good offense. Having plunged us into an unnecessary war, Bush now confronts the real possibility of strategic defeat and a failed presidency. His victory in Iraq, like the wars of Wilson and FDR, has turned to ashes in our mouths. And like Truman's war in Korea and Kennedy's war in Vietnam, Bush's war has left America divided and her people regretting he ever led us in. But unlike the world wars, Korea and Vietnam, Bush cannot claim the enemy attacked us and we had no choice. Iraq is Bush's war. Isolationists had nothing to do with it. To a man and woman, they opposed it. Now, with an army bogged down in Afghanistan and another slowly exiting Iraq, and no end in sight to either, Bush seeks to counter critics who warned him not to go in by associating them with the demonized and supposedly discredited patriots of the America First movement of 1940-41. His assault is not only non-credible, it borders on the desperate and pathetic. "Abroad, our nation is committed to a historic long-term goal. We seek the end of tyranny in our world," said Bush. "Some dismiss that goal as misguided idealism. In reality, the future security of America depends upon it." Intending no disrespect, this is noble-sounding nonsense. Our security rests on U.S. power and will, and not on whether Zimbabwe, Sudan, Syria, Cuba or even China is ruled by tyrants. Our forefathers lived secure in a world of tyrannies by staying out of wars that were none of America's business. As for "the end of tyranny in our world," Mr. President, sorry, that doesn't come in "our world." That comes in the next. "By allowing radical Islam to work its will, by leaving an assaulted world to fend for itself, we would signal to all that we no longer believe in our own ideals or even in our own courage," said Bush. But what has done more to radicalize Islam than our invasion of Iraq? Who has done more to empower Islamic radicals than Bush with his clamor for elections across a region radicalized by our own policies? It is one thing to believe in ideals, another to be the prisoner of some democratist ideology. Bush has come to believe that the absence of democracy is the cause of terror and democracy its cure. But the cause of terror in the Middle East is the perception there that those nations are held in colonial captivity by Americans and their puppet regimes, and that the only way to expel both is to use tactics that have succeeded from Algeria in 1962 to Anbar province in 2005. Given the franchise, Arab and Islamic peoples from Pakistan to Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank and Egypt have now voted for candidates with two credentials. They seemed to be devout Muslims, and they appeared dedicated to tossing America out of the region and the Israelis into the sea. With opposition also rising to his free-trade policy, Bush reverted to the same tactic: Caricature and castigate critics of his own failed policies. "Protectionists," said Bush, pretend "we can keep our high standards of living, while walling off our economy." But it was protectionists from Lincoln to Coolidge who gave us the highest standard of living on earth. And the record of Bush's merry band of free-traders? The largest trade deficits in history, a $200 billion trade surplus for Beijing at our expense in 2005, and 3 million lost manufacturing jobs since Bush first took the oath. If America is angry over what interventionism and free trade have wrought, George Bush cannot credibly blame isolationists or protectionists. These fellows have an alibi. They were nowhere near the scene of the crime. It is George W. Bush who is running out of alibis. Mr. Buchanan source

I know a thing or two about power generation, and I have several questions about this story. 1) I could easily see coal gasification lowering emmissions of SO*2, and particulates. You would convert coal nC*xH*y into methane CH*4, and then burn it. The inorganics, and sulfur, would fall out in the "refining" process, just like at an oil refinery. And it would be easier to deal with the particulates there, than in a precipitator. 2) CO*2 emissions would continue. This is a seperate question, and different technology, than gasification. Capturing CO*2 could be applied to gas power plants, cars, etc. etc. 3) NO*x emmissions would continue. 4) Efficiency in KW/coal mass would decrease. I recently spoke to a former co-worker who is very well aquainted with power generation, fuel cells, and pollution control. This is a situation where coal gasification would work nicely, but how to strip apart the H and C?

Six more weeks untill I get my shit? That's OK, I am going to Africa for 5 weeks, that gives you time to find a new job, and to move all my shit into the Townhouse. That BBQ for me looks good.

You are so on probation, next step bannation.

I will probably get something even better, being I will be a Uber Moderator, your boss . Thats right, Jon told me he wants me to run the whole deal, pretty much a COO of CC.

I haven't received my Uber Moderator Employee Packet yet. Whats up? I am really looking forward to spending my signing bonus, and kicking back at the Swinging Moderator Townhouse. Will Mattp and AlpineK be there? I know that those two practically live there. Who else will be there? Is it true that the Seagal's and Sonic's Dance Team live there also? Wiil the key's to my company vehicle be there also? What kind of company vehicle will I get? Will it have a thumping bass like Mattp's kicking Moderator Mobile? The one with the 20's, and the shag carpeting? I hope so.

Distal, you're in Mongolia huh? May the ghost of Baron Ungern-Sternberg have his way with your goat, then with you.

When is your boss going to order you to do that?

What were the triggering factors for bannation? I know the reasons for banning Caveman and Adamsom, and will never agree that the banning of Dwayner was anything other than political retribution. I have re-read several of Trask's old posts, and they did not seem too extreme, although he became progressively more excessive, and rascist with time at asc. He was eventually banned there for "provoking others" (under another avatar), asc speak for arguing too much with Gotterdamerung (don't do it). What did Lambone do?

Yes, the route was named for him.

You didn't get the joke. I was talking about "hooking up with a local"

JY told me the same thing, I was looking for some sort of confirmation.

What ever happened to him? I saw his dad years ago at Simpson Tacoma Kraft, and he wasn't too sure of Quinn's wereabouts.

What ever happened to Big Wall Bob Williams? JY told me that he may no longer be alive, is this true? I know that he flamed out in about '81, found God, and became a cook.

YEA! How much money?

Yea, that is what I want to know also.

Thank you. And Distel, I hope your goat has herpes.

Not true

Try it. I'll be waiting with my lawyer, the police, and KIRO. We have a written record of you threatening me. You are worse than those you banned for threatening people.

I just wanted to reiterate that AlpineK is wrong, and I am right 46.25.040 << 46.25.050 >> 46.25.055 RCW 46.25.050 Commercial driver's license required — Exceptions, restrictions. (1) Drivers of commercial motor vehicles shall obtain a commercial driver's license as required under this chapter by April 1, 1992. The director shall establish a program to convert all qualified commercial motor vehicle drivers by that date. After April 1, 1992, except when driving under a commercial driver's instruction permit and a valid automobile or classified license and accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver's license valid for the vehicle being driven, no person may drive a commercial motor vehicle unless the person holds and is in immediate possession of a commercial driver's license and applicable endorsements valid for the vehicle they are driving. However, this requirement does not apply to any person: (a) Who is the operator of a farm vehicle, and the vehicle is: (i) Controlled and operated by a farmer; (ii) Used to transport either agricultural products, which in this section include Christmas trees and wood products harvested from private tree farms and transported by vehicles weighing no more than forty thousand pounds licensed gross vehicle weight, farm machinery, farm supplies, or any combination of those materials to or from a farm; (iii) Not used in the operations of a common or contract motor carrier; and (iv) Used within one hundred fifty miles of the person's farm; or (b) Who is a fire fighter or law enforcement officer operating emergency equipment, and: (i) The fire fighter or law enforcement officer has successfully completed a driver training course approved by the director; and (ii) The fire fighter or law enforcement officer carries a certificate attesting to the successful completion of the approved training course; or © Who is operating a recreational vehicle for noncommercial purposes. As used in this section, "recreational vehicle" includes a vehicle towing a horse trailer for a noncommercial purpose. (2) No person may drive a commercial motor vehicle while his or her driving privilege is suspended, revoked, or canceled, while subject to disqualification, or in violation of an out-of-service order. Violations of this subsection shall be punished in the same way as violations of RCW 46.20.342(1). [1995 c 393 § 1; 1990 c 56 § 1; 1989 c 178 § 7.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments about this site | Privacy Notice | Accessibility Information | Disclaimer

Thank you Dru, you know who the experts are.