tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post4163393998997384442..comments2024-03-04T03:38:43.177-05:00Comments on Self-Absorbed Boomer: More news on the alternative energy front.Claude Scaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183579833702456213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-33904636358114988552007-05-21T13:38:00.000-04:002007-05-21T13:38:00.000-04:00keif: it's still a hell of a lot cheaper than pla...keif: it's still a hell of a lot cheaper than platinum, which is currently used by the auto industry. that's $1200 a troy ounce, compared to $500 a kilogram for gallium.twifferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019975906761715327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-90567631418263075222007-05-19T18:20:00.000-04:002007-05-19T18:20:00.000-04:00Gallium isn't super abundant (about a billion kg i...Gallium isn't super abundant (about a billion kg in all the world, evidently, though the gallium based hydrogen source could surely be regenerated), and there's not a domestic producer. Most of it, fittingly, comes from France. <A HREF="http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/gallium/460300.pdf" REL="nofollow">source</A><BR/><BR/>You can get funding for "hydrogen storage" research. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a little mafia of one sort of technology over another, but I don't think people find it so important as to sink in real money yet in either case. It's still easier and cheaper to get it from reforming hydrocarbons. <BR/><BR/>(In a broader sense, energy storage is immensely important though. Maybe these guys just suck at writing proposals.)<BR/><BR/>K <BR/><BR/>(I'm going to go perform my civic duty I think, as I ponder my fears about galactic destruction)Keifushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00287358319899471490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-53112980811900051012007-05-18T21:09:00.000-04:002007-05-18T21:09:00.000-04:00And don't forget the anthropologist at Idaho State...And don't forget the anthropologist at Idaho State who's devoted his career to studying Bigfoot...Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562964185010133679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-80163258418979008882007-05-18T16:58:00.000-04:002007-05-18T16:58:00.000-04:00the way i read that article, the process is alread...the way i read that article, the process is already known and used, and the funding would be to increase efficency, etc.. so, it seems he has even more of a point.<BR/><BR/>as for a cleaner world via beer...i'm not sure the benefit is worth the cost of actually drinking fosters.twifferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019975906761715327noreply@blogger.com