[Terrapreta] range fuels

[Duane Pendergast]

Dear Colleagues,

 

I see the discussion on production of ethanol from cellulose, and provide a
link to  Iogen Corporation here in Canada.

 

http://www.iogen.ca/company/about/index.html

 

It seems that Range Fuels uses a different process and the two companies
would be competitors.

 

www. <http://www.rangefuels.com/> rangefuels.com

 

Both of these companies use the "waste" organic material that terra preta
enthusiasts would like to see at least partially turned into char as an
important component of living soil.  The ethanol producers  goal is to feed
our cars and collect government subsides and not to try and increase the
planets productivity in the long term. Should these techniques become
established we can expect to see forests and soils mined of even more of
their carbon content.  As I see it, the organic material important to the
char - organic material symbiosis forming  the basis of the terra preta
postulate is simply burned by a complex process returning the carbon content
of the so called wastes back to the atmosphere as CO2.

 

Duane

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org
[mailto:terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Sean K. Barry
Sent: November 8, 2007 10:41 PM
To: Kevin Chisholm; Kelpie Wilson
Cc: terrapreta at bioenergylists.org
Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] range fuels

 

Hi Kelpie,

 

I don't know what the catalyst metal alloy is for "synthesis gas" to
Ethanol-CH3CH2OH (EtOH).  "Syngas" to Methanol-CH3OH is easier, I guess.  I
don't know what the liquid fuel that Fischer and Tropsch actually made was
either?  Even though Methanol is easier to make (cheaper, simpler catalyst?)
than Ethanol, I think Ethanol was chosen over Methanol, however, because
EtOH combines with gasoline, it runs in existing internal combustion
engines, it is already in the refueling infrastructure, it is the preferred
octane booster in gasoline, it won't make you go blind by breathing it or
touching it, and it has a higher BTU content than Methanol.

 

 

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