From: Glenn Morton (glenn.morton@btinternet.com)
Date: Wed Sep 04 2002 - 23:01:20 EDT
Hi Rich, thanks for pointing out the energy balance paragraph. I had to read
that rapidly before work this morning.
>>In this respect, the
>>formation of a mixture of hydrogen and alkanes from aqueous-phase
>>reforming of glucose, as accomplished in the present study, is
>>**essentially neutral energetically**, and little additional energy is
>>required to drive the reaction. In fact, the energy contained in these
>>alkanes could be used as a feed to an internal combustion engine or
>>suitable fuel cell; this would allow the use of biomass-derived
>energy to
>>drive the aqueous-phase reforming of glucose (and biomass more
>generally)
>>with high yields to renewable energy. [emphasis mine]
I would bet, that by the time you add that little item called TRANSPORTATION
you would turn this into a negative. One must spend energy to distribute
this fuel so that I can put it in my tank where I life.
glenn
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