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No, don't misunderstand me...From: Nnonnth
Subject: General
Date/Time 2007-07-23 14:11:22
Remote IP: 195.93.21.72
MessageI'm not thinking you are a waste of time, of course not! I'm just trying to explain the difference between a chemical reaction, however interesting, and an actual source of industrial fuel suitable for powering such a society as ours. Nobody on the news bothers to explain this and frankly it is very irresponsible of them. One cannot consider the hydrogen in water to be a source of fuel, because it takes more energy to split apart the molecular structure of the water in order to release the hydrogen than one gets by burning said hydrogen. This news item is rubbish! Shame on the broadcaster, do not believe it!
We are often given myths of progress that tell us all technological progress is going to continue in our society in a linear way, but this is not the way things actually are on our current technological understanding. There would be no need to fight wars over oil if water could replace oil, it just can't - not in any way we even in our vaguest wildest dreams could at the moment hope to fantasize about comprehending! On current technological understanding our society is about to head into a long decline.
Meanwhile the odd news story will come along and give people false hope that 'one day we will power cars with water'! Spiritual understanding will I think one day contribute to our understanding of energy sources, I just am saying don't hold your breath. What you are seeing here is just ordinary chemistry.
>>What powered the machines to get the first oil out of the ground?<<
Oil was once pretty easy to obtain, quite plentiful really. It really is not the difficulty of gathering the oil that is the problem though, but the difficulty or otherwise of getting large amounts of usable energy out of it. Oil is the result of tens of millions of years of photosynthesis, heat and pressure. It is an irreplaceable substance, concentrated energy in material form. Coal and gas are similar. You are aware that coal of course can be obtained by man and horse power alone, as long as it lasts - what makes it valuable is the extent to which, once it is obtained, it yields far more energy far more easily than was needed to find it and burn it.
J
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