Is funding for the Fischer-Tropsch method overdue?

Question

Fischer-Tropsch bill presented to congress
http://tinyurl.com/352gm


‘bout time.



Here is a David Neeleman interview 8-17-06 if you care and have a little time to ListeN.



http://mfile.akamai.com/6713/wma/glennbe...





http://tinyurl.com/qbag4


Write your congresspersonthing.

Answer 1

interesting, but the reaction is CO + H (roughly) right?

Where is the Hydrogen going to come from? That's the biggest obstacle to rolling out hydrogen cars right now - the expense and energy consumption necessary to generate hydrogen.

Maybe I don't understand the science right, but it seems like this process would be more energy-intensive and polluting than simply continuing to use gasoline?

Answer 2

It look good to me. I don't know what JoeSchmoe06 read but it has nothing to do with hydrogen cars. It has to do with converting coal to gasoline and other fuels. Also the proposal does not involve government funding. The government would only insure against loses resulting from drastic reduction in oil prices making the process uncompetitive. If this happens the government payments would be covered by savings in fuel purchases the government is making anyway.