The answer to the petrol crisis

The_One · 14 Jun 2008 at 15:10

Pretty amazing stuff, wonder how many billion you need to supply a depot

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece

Glaucus · 14 Jun 2008 at 15:12

wow I thought we would eventually manipulate bugs like this to eat waste and purify water and other such stuff. But I didn't think it would be this soon. Be awesome if it's true.

Janesy B · 14 Jun 2008 at 15:13

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17886115

tuffty747 · 14 Jun 2008 at 15:48

wow! that is quite amazing!

I still think that whoever discovers a method to store mass quantities of hydrogen, safely, in a small place, will become the richest person ever!

Ricochet J · 14 Jun 2008 at 15:50

I agree with Tuffty. Hydrogen seems to outweigh Crude in terms of advantages. We just need a way of storing it.

neocon · 14 Jun 2008 at 15:53

the fact is that there isnt a shortage of oil though ... its manipulation

it costs $5 to pump oil out the ground in saudi arabia, someones making a killing

oh and canada has as much oil as saudi too

Glaucus · 14 Jun 2008 at 15:54

neocon said:
the fact is that there isnt a shortage of oil though ... its manipulation

it costs $5 to pump oil out the ground in saudi arabia, someones making a killing

oh and canada has as much oil as saudi too

canada will be the new saudi, when it starts full production of shale oil extraction.

speeduk · 14 Jun 2008 at 15:58

I bet those things mutate, eat humans and excrete more of themselves lol.

mattyfez · 14 Jun 2008 at 15:59

Prepare for US invasion of canada to remove "corrupt" government then....

KNiVES · 14 Jun 2008 at 16:04

It's Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake turning to reality :eek:

(for those who don't get the reference)

bam0 · 14 Jun 2008 at 18:52

Ricochet J said:
I agree with Tuffty. Hydrogen seems to outweigh Crude in terms of advantages. We just need a way of storing it.

What advantages, hydrogen has pretty much the lowest energy content of must fuels by volume, is virtually impossible to store as the atoms are so small, I don't see it becoming viable for a long time yet.

By store, I mean in a container reliably, it will leak through anything, sure that takes time, but still not good.

Ben M · 14 Jun 2008 at 19:06

Hydrogen isn't the most sensible alternative. Ypu lose energy making the gas, then you lose energy burning it. That and the massive storage nightmare.

Ricochet J · 14 Jun 2008 at 19:07

Hydrogen has a massive calorific value. That's all that counts.

PhillyDee · 14 Jun 2008 at 19:36

Ricochet J said:
Hydrogen has a massive calorific value. That's all that counts.

So does M&S chocolate dessert . . . .

The storage is its downfall.

NeilMick · 14 Jun 2008 at 19:43

PhillyDee said:
So does M&S chocolate dessert . . . .

The man's onto something!

sunnysingh · 14 Jun 2008 at 19:45

hmmmmmm interesting

Muffin` · 14 Jun 2008 at 19:47

Hydrogen produces H2O, which is a worse green house gas then CO2. I doubt this will come of anything, probably cost far too much to make a barrel then to simply suck it out of the ground (which there is plenty of down there).

PhillyDee · 14 Jun 2008 at 19:48

Muffin` said:
Hydrogen produces H2O, which is a worse green house gas then CO2. I doubt this will come of anything, probably cost far too much to make a barrel then to simply suck it out of the ground (which there is plenty of down there).

Eh? Water? Oh noes! Steam! We are all gonna get wet!!!!

Im hoping you mistyped, or are trying to sarcastic.

Energize · 14 Jun 2008 at 19:51

Muffin` said:
Hydrogen produces H2O, which is a worse green house gas then CO2. .

Since when was water a greenhouse gas?

Muffin` · 14 Jun 2008 at 19:53

PhillyDee said:
Eh? Water? Oh noes! Steam! We are all gonna get wet!!!!

Im hoping you mistyped, or are trying to sarcastic.

http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/17402

http://www.physorg.com/news11710.html