Re: GAS-L: Subject: Wood gasification demo in Germany

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 18:06:43 +1300, 
"Graeme Williams" <graeme@powerlink.co.nz> wrote in message 
<008701c28552$4fc4b860$16ff58db@newpc>:

> Dear Bioenergy Collegue,
> Almost every engine gasification project reported in the media as a
> successful demonstration of the technology is followed by, further
> work is needed to make it commercial, or another million dollars are
> needed to investigate gas cleaning!
> 
> These type of reports do nothing to advance acceptance of our
> technology even when  its of a installed working system. The same
> magazine did an article on a project Fluidyne implemented in New
> Guinea in an issue dated October 1989, It didn't help sell a single
> gasifier.
> 
> We don't need more projects to prove anything, just removal of these
> almost working gasifiers and those anonymous energy consultants who
> know more about gasifiers than the manufacturer.

..hear, hear.  And we need to lose the stupid "charity only, can't make
profits" attitude.  And, never ever act on cotton wall'ers who piss down
your back telling you "how clever you are in running engines on stuff
that won't burn" promising to help fund you.  These people are more
dangerous to gasification than the naysayers, as the former, given half
a chance, will happily help prove the latter right, _screwing_ us. 

..yeah, I have a working gasifier.  Nope, it is not for free, it costs 
_real_ money to see in action.  Yes, I will share the profits.  No, it
_stays_ in my 20' freight container until _I_have_ the money to fire it
up again.  I hit the cotton wall.  Hard.  Your call.  


-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.



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