Re: Research Topics

["Murat DOGRU" <murat.dogru@ncl.ac.uk>]

Dear Harry, Kevin et al.,

I want to make a brief comment on the subject.

Ok. Lets say World will never run out of Petroleum and / or other 
fossil fuels which I do not believe personally. Because there is no 
such evidence.

By using fossil fuels; we are removing the carbon from the ground 
and by burning it,  are we not keep adding carbon to the 
atmosphere which causes global warming !! 
Who will compensate this.

On the other hand, if we utilize negative value BIOMASS instead of 
fossil fuels, we will only circulate the existing Carbon in the 
environment.  Lets just not consider the Economic issues, we 
should also consider Environmental impacts as well.

If existing Biomass is utilized, we will produce 8 times more energy
than it is consumed at the moment !! (Source NREL)..

I am not opening a debate on Fossil fuels against Biomass. Just a 
quick remind for Economy vs Environment. 

Cheers,  Murat
------
University of Newcastle, UK


From:           	"Kevin Chisholm" <kchisholm@ca.inter.net>
To:             	"Harry W. Parker" <Harry.Parker@ttu.edu>, <Carefreeland@aol.com>,
  	<anouk@shaw.ca>, <bioenergy@crest.org>
Subject:        	Re: Research Topics
Date sent:      	Thu, 18 Apr 2002 10:06:46 -0300

> Dear Harry
> 
> While I quite agree with your general conclusion about that the inherent
> cost of Biomass makes it generally uneconomic in many applications, I am
> concerned when you tie the conclusion to your paper:
> 
> > Parker, H. W., "After Petroleum is Gone, What Then?", pp. 70-76,  World
> Oil,
> > Houston, TX, Sept. (2001).
> 
> As previously discussed on this list, the world will NEVER run out of
> petroleum. As its cost relative to other energy (and chemical) sources
> increases, users will switch to the other sources, thereby extending the
> supply of petroleum to infinity.
> 
> I presume you picked the title for this paper simply because it was catchy.
> Would a copy of this paper be "on line?"
> 
> Kindest regards,
> 
> Kevin Chisholm
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harry W. Parker" <Harry.Parker@ttu.edu>
> To: <Carefreeland@aol.com>; <anouk@shaw.ca>; <bioenergy@crest.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 7:20 AM
> Subject: Re: Research Topics
> 
> 
> > Hello all
> >
> > "I think the progress of BIOFUELS on a global basis is primarily held
> > up by the same thing holding up most progress, that is, money." Daniel
> > Dimiduk, e-mail to bioenergy group, 4-17-02
> >
> > No, biofuels are held-up by their own inherent high cost relative to
> > petroleum.  The price of petroleum has not changed in over 70 years or
> more
> > when inflation is considered, and it probably will not change except for
> > political spikes in price until world oil production peaks, which I have
> > predicted for 2035, not 2009 as others have predicted.   When petroleum is
> > gone we can gasify coal with pure O2 at high pressure and so have a
> > relatively pure byproduct stream of CO2 that can be sequestered.  This
> > gasification process is a proven commercial process.  The Texaco gasifier
> as
> > used by Eastman Chemical Company to make acetic anhydride in Kingsport
> Tenn.
> > Many companies are piloting natural gas to liquids processes now which is
> > less costly process than using coal.  We have a "200yr" supply of coal
> >
> > I have given references to my recent publications on the above topics
> below:
> >
> >
> > Parker, H.W.,  "Demand, supply will determine when world oil output
> peaks,"
> > Oil and Gas Journal, pp. 40-48. Feb. 25, (2002).
> >
> > Parker, H. W., "After Petroleum is Gone, What Then?", pp. 70-76,  World
> Oil,
> > Houston, TX, Sept. (2001).
> >
> > Harry
> >
> > Harry W. Parker, Ph.D., P.E.
> > Professor of Chemical Engineering
> >   & Consulting Engineer
> > Texas Tech University
> > Lubbock, TX 79409-3121
> > 806.742.1759 fax 742.3552
> 
> 
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