|
rackem



Registered: 11/27/09
Posts: 14,024
|
why dont we make synthetic gasoline?
#18797040 - 09/03/13 10:38 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
if humans can make synthetic oil, why not just make synthetic gasoline?
wouldnt it cure alot of this oil hunger?
|
luvdemboomers
loner with a boner

Registered: 01/11/13
Posts: 5,054
|
Re: why dont we make synthetic gasoline? [Re: rackem]
#18797057 - 09/03/13 10:41 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
I'm pretty sure synthetic oil still comes from crude oil.
|
Mush4Brains
LOOL HACKED!!!

Registered: 07/31/13
Posts: 4,419
Last seen: 9 years, 2 months
|
Re: why dont we make synthetic gasoline? [Re: luvdemboomers]
#18797064 - 09/03/13 10:42 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
You would probably need more energy to create the chemical bonds than would be released by those bonds.
|
Sophistic Radiance
Free sVs!



Registered: 07/11/06
Posts: 43,135
Loc: Center of the Universe
|
Re: why dont we make synthetic gasoline? [Re: Mush4Brains]
#18797087 - 09/03/13 10:47 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Mush4Brains said: You would probably need more energy to create the chemical bonds than would be released by those bonds.
Bingo.
According to the laws of thermodynamics, it is impossible to find a more efficient fuel.
That said, there is some capitalist bullshit involved. The sun pounds the entire planet with a massive amount of energy every day, and the technology theoretically exists to put a massive solar battery in orbit that would beam its energy down to earth via microwaves. This would certainly replace the need for oil if the necessary technology were thoroughly implemented.
Why don't we ever hear about this? Probably because social stratification is thoroughly enjoyed by those who have the money to spare for such an endeavor.
-------------------- Enlil said: You really are the worst kind of person.
|
abltsandwich
JFK = Jelly Donut




Registered: 06/16/09
Posts: 11,537
Loc: Dildoville
|
Re: why dont we make synthetic gasoline? [Re: rackem]
#18797092 - 09/03/13 10:49 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Thermal Depolymerization, yo.
|
akira_akuma
Φύσις κρύπτεσθαι ὕψιστος φιλεῖ


Registered: 08/28/09
Posts: 82,455
Loc: Onypeirophóros
Last seen: 4 years, 30 days
|
|
Quote:
BlindSophist said:
Why don't we ever hear about this? Probably because social stratification is thoroughly enjoyed by those who have the money to spare for such an endeavor.
do you mean to say that an inanimate object, or idea, makes this possible? i thought people might just be able to do it themselves you without needing money.
|
rackem



Registered: 11/27/09
Posts: 14,024
|
|
man i dont even feel smart enough to come up with a question.
in other words it would take 10 pounds of shit to produce a 5 pound bag when it would come down to synthetic gasoline?
|
Sophistic Radiance
Free sVs!



Registered: 07/11/06
Posts: 43,135
Loc: Center of the Universe
|
Re: why dont we make synthetic gasoline? [Re: akira_akuma]
#18797135 - 09/03/13 10:59 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
It takes a lot of money to put things in orbit, and it would furthermore take a lot of money to retrofit existing technology to work with microwaves from outer space instead of locally-generated current conveyed by a thoroughly established (and very lucratively maintained) grid of wires.
A lot of wage workers are being put out of work by technological advances. They're not too happy. But just imagine the stink energy tycoons would put up.
-------------------- Enlil said: You really are the worst kind of person.
|
akira_akuma
Φύσις κρύπτεσθαι ὕψιστος φιλεῖ


Registered: 08/28/09
Posts: 82,455
Loc: Onypeirophóros
Last seen: 4 years, 30 days
|
|
meh, money doesn't do anything but put people in motion cause they're lives are too stupid and meaningless for them to do anything about anything themselves with incentive.
hence = shitty world with shitty non-solutions to even shittier problems we create out of thin air.
|
Sophistic Radiance
Free sVs!



Registered: 07/11/06
Posts: 43,135
Loc: Center of the Universe
|
Re: why dont we make synthetic gasoline? [Re: rackem] 1
#18797145 - 09/03/13 11:02 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
rackem said: man i dont even feel smart enough to come up with a question.
in other words it would take 10 pounds of shit to produce a 5 pound bag when it would come down to synthetic gasoline?
Plants harvest energy from the sun, and carbon from the air, to make organic substances. These substances are too stable to effectively burn for fuel. However, if you let them sit under pressure for millions of years, they get broken down to the point where they are volatile and unstable. At this point they can be burned for fuel, and their energy is released into cars, airplanes, generators, what have you.
We're basically bottom feeders.
-------------------- Enlil said: You really are the worst kind of person.
|
kinkaku
I AM THE LAW!!!!




Registered: 04/02/13
Posts: 1,322
Loc: Россия
Last seen: 8 years, 1 month
|
|
dont worry when the world runs out of crude oil there will be the "next best thing" and if not it will probably be hydrogen again
|
Legend
RIP Sasha



Registered: 03/29/10
Posts: 28,336
Loc: TX
|
Re: why dont we make synthetic gasoline? [Re: kinkaku]
#18797772 - 09/04/13 02:18 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
If the world worked together money wouldn't even be a problem.
It's some bullshit that we worry about money on a global scale.
--------------------
No sympathy for the devil, keep that in mind. [url=]Buy the ticket, take the ride. [/url]Are you lost?
|
kinkaku
I AM THE LAW!!!!




Registered: 04/02/13
Posts: 1,322
Loc: Россия
Last seen: 8 years, 1 month
|
Re: why dont we make synthetic gasoline? [Re: kinkaku]
#18797774 - 09/04/13 02:18 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
also the future of power is in fusion technology, then cold fusion if you believe in it,then antimatter reactors once they figure out how to collct it from space.
|
kinkaku
I AM THE LAW!!!!




Registered: 04/02/13
Posts: 1,322
Loc: Россия
Last seen: 8 years, 1 month
|
Re: why dont we make synthetic gasoline? [Re: Legend]
#18797775 - 09/04/13 02:19 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Legend said: If the world worked together money wouldn't even be a problem.
It's some bullshit that we worry about money on a global scale.
are you suggesting.......railroad bonds?
|
Legend
RIP Sasha



Registered: 03/29/10
Posts: 28,336
Loc: TX
|
Re: why dont we make synthetic gasoline? [Re: kinkaku]
#18797776 - 09/04/13 02:20 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
We don't even know what anti matter is. It's just what they call the unknown extra gravity we can't explain
--------------------
No sympathy for the devil, keep that in mind. [url=]Buy the ticket, take the ride. [/url]Are you lost?
|
kinkaku
I AM THE LAW!!!!




Registered: 04/02/13
Posts: 1,322
Loc: Россия
Last seen: 8 years, 1 month
|
Re: why dont we make synthetic gasoline? [Re: Legend]
#18797780 - 09/04/13 02:23 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
eh, it was something I ended up reading something about large amounts of it collect in saturns rings or something. and an antimatter reactor is estemated to outproduce a fusion reactor by as much as 500% or something like that.
|
Shroomism
Space Travellin



Registered: 02/13/00
Posts: 66,015
Loc: 9th Dimension
|
Re: why dont we make synthetic gasoline? [Re: kinkaku]
#18797782 - 09/04/13 02:23 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
I would argue the future of power is in renewable energy.
--------------------
|
Legend
RIP Sasha



Registered: 03/29/10
Posts: 28,336
Loc: TX
|
Re: why dont we make synthetic gasoline? [Re: Shroomism] 1
#18797783 - 09/04/13 02:24 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Renewable is a controversial term though. Elaborate?
--------------------
No sympathy for the devil, keep that in mind. [url=]Buy the ticket, take the ride. [/url]Are you lost?
|
kinkaku
I AM THE LAW!!!!




Registered: 04/02/13
Posts: 1,322
Loc: Россия
Last seen: 8 years, 1 month
|
Re: why dont we make synthetic gasoline? [Re: Shroomism]
#18797790 - 09/04/13 02:30 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Shroomism said: I would argue the future of power is in renewable energy.
fusion reactors are (in a sense) renewable energy that is nuclear power specific. as in you can use fusion reactors to breed tritium by making it come in contact with lithium.
but you're right i'd much rather see a feild of windmills than a nuclear power plant
|
kinkaku
I AM THE LAW!!!!




Registered: 04/02/13
Posts: 1,322
Loc: Россия
Last seen: 8 years, 1 month
|
Re: why dont we make synthetic gasoline? [Re: kinkaku]
#18797791 - 09/04/13 02:31 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
kinkaku said:
Quote:
Shroomism said: I would argue the future of power is in renewable energy.
fusion reactors are (in a sense) renewable energy that is nuclear power specific. as in you can use fusion reactors to breed tritium by making it come in contact with lithium.
but you're right i'd much rather see a field of windmills than a nuclear power plant
|
|