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I thought it takes more energy to separate the hydrogen than the hydrogen produces as an energy source? So hydrogen is a way to store energy, rather than an energy source. So for hydrogen to work as a clean cheap source of energy we need a cheap and plentifull and clean source of base load...

Farmers use ammonia Nitrogen fertilizer. It's different to urea. Urea is naturally in urine. Amide nitrogen is a sythetic form of urea. But ammonium fertilizers are commonly used. Anhydrous ammonia is 82% N. NH3 I think. Sulphate of ammonia is 21% N and also has a lot of sulphur. We...

The same Mr Allan Blood was just on again, this time talking about coal to oil,........It's all the same development I assume?....... http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23800905-5013404,00.html Apparently the process is very environmentally unfriendly. So there had to...

Sort of a change of subject here, but I just heard this news on the ABC radio. But it is a little relevant to this subject, and this is as good a spot as any to put it. http://business.theage.com.au/2bn-fertiliser-plant-for-latrobe-valley-20080602-2kwp.html ................"A $2...

True. My diesel toyota Prado uses way less fuel than my old falcon. I love it so much I've just ordered another one. See ya's.

On page 63 of the weekend AFR, is an article that questions whether carbon capture and storage will ever be commercially viable. It's all to do with the cost of separating out and capturing 200 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, compressing it, pumping it and storing it. The whole process takes...

Ah? Well, do you mean a coal powered car?...??? That must be what you ment? Coal is the main base load power source. See ya's.

Me and Andrew A discussed Cuba and peak oil in the 'peak oil, Oops, missed it thread'. http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36761&highlight=cuba+wheat&page=2 It's a load of greeny propaganda garbage that cuba has beaten peak oil. They import huge amounts of food from the US...

Yep, you are dead correct. I've just heard it mentioned that it also means half the oil is still left, but as you point out, that is just an assumption, and probably a very wrong assumption. See ya's.

The most concerning thing I got from John Mauldins latest article was how quickly oil production dropped off once peak production was hit,..... ......."You don't have to have an awful lot of gray hair to remember the excitement around England's massive North Sea oil fields. While...

Todays 'John Mauldins investors insight' is all about peak oil, and it is rather frightening. He is doing some good stuff. I would put up a link, but not sure how to. See ya's.

One thing I have a view about is that I regard oil and gas as a more valuable and scarcer resource than coal. Therefore I think neither should be burned in baseload power stations, but rather saved for transport and agricultural use. Not much sence burning gas now for base load, if in 50...

And I saw on 60 minutes or some similar show the locals also swimming in the hot water from a nuclear power station. I suppose it was from the cooling process or something. The water was perfectly safe. See ya's.

Remember people saying that $100 barrel oil would send economies to the wall? Not really having an effect yet. Oil is so essential, that it just gets priced in, but something else gets cut back from the budget. Perhaps people will take fewer holidays, or cut consumer spending, change from...

I don't think I said nuclear was cheapest. Anyway, we are talking about oil at $500 a barrel. Oil at $500 a barrel, I would imagine thermal coal, gas, etc. would be many multiples of todays prices. Nuclear power, I was lead to believe that most of the cost is in the construction, but once...

Yep, I agree. Base load power is needed to make hydrogen work as a fuel. It's needed to power electric vehicles. It's needed for water desalination. The only option is nuclear power, and hope like hell that the much better and cleaner and safer nuclear fusion comes along and replaces it...

Yep, but just remember that a lot of the new degradable and renewable plastic coming out is made from grain. Grain made from oil. I have some very large plastic components on my John Deere harvester that are made from corn. See ya's.

I think ethanol is finished. It's going to be the scapegoat of the food crisis. Governments are not going to let a few percent of the population who are farmers, make mega profits from the 97% of the consumer population. Ethanol is stupid anyway, as much as it's done a lot of good for my...

Great idea for a thread Bill. What about $500 oil ramifications for property prices? Obviously, Inner city, close to CBD, close to public transport, walk to shops, cycle to work properties will do well. Obviously, outer suburbs, with no public transport properties will do not so well...