US Navy turn seawater into fuel

[M.A.D.]

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End to oil? I doubt it. This however enhances the US fleets presence around the world where they can keep their status quo which is forcing the use of the petrodollar. What is interesting is that the US is now including water(fresh and potable) besides fossil fuels as valuable resources to be exploited.

I find it unusual for them to announce this feat since this is clearly an advantage for their navy especially their strike capability.

[aljy]

Slowy man is consuming the resources around us.There will be a time that there will be no more water in the sea, no more trees in the land , and the earth will nothing but a desolated wasteland....

[-]chong<3]

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when the sea runs dry, the nations will prolly revert to using fossil fuels again..

[kit_cebu]

wow cool. maayu unta ma develop pod ni para sa ubang vihicles

ha! we can't even buy an old technology...the desalinating machine...kani pa...

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End to oil? I doubt it.

you forgot to add where this line should be coming from...

- Caltex/Shell/Chevron/BP

hahahahahaha

[b00rdz]

The article did not give a hint on how it was done or the process of conversion to energy......

I highly doubt if this is feasible or sustainable.

Sure, they can convert seawater to energy but the amount of energy required to convert it will be more than the energy that they can extract from it.

First Law of Thermodynamics......

[M.A.D.]

Of course they can get more than they put in this time. But the whole point is that the US military which has the highest budget in the US can afford more trips overseas which enables them to extend their foreign policy which is to enforce the use of petro dollars or risk being bombed by 'democracy'.

Big oil and control of natural resources of vassal states has been part of US foreign policy for a long time already.

[b00rdz]

Official US Navy Press Release:

http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=80171

Take note: No mention of ending the US military dependence on fossil (hydrocarbon) fuels.

Facts and numbers according to the press release:
1. Seawater contains higher level of Carbon Dioxide "if" compared to air. It mentions 100 mg/L (Convert to percent - 0.01%)
2. Dissolved Carbon Dioxide gas and Hydrogen gas in seawater is extracted using electrolytic cation exchange (90% efficiency).
3. Both gases are converted to liquid form using gas to liquid synthesis with iron as catalyst (60% efficiency).
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Do the math and compute how many gallons of seawater needed to produce a gallon of the liquid fuel fraction (and this is still a fraction). Pumping alone the seawater raw material will likely consume the predicted 6 USD cost of this fuel. Processing that same volume of seawater is another matter and will need a ton of energy.

In fairness, this technology is novel and innovative. However, it boils down to cost and efficiency. It is much cheaper to pump out oil in the desert or buy crude in the Middle East.

However, this could be put to good use (at a cost disadvantage) during fuelling jets in carrier groups wherein there is surplus supply of energy due to the ship's nuclear reactor and the ship is literally floating in seawater instead of supply ships pumping jet-fuel in remote locations.

[gilbert.repunte]

naa baya to naka inbento dre cebu nga tubig ra sa puso negro ang gitubil sa sakyanan unya nakapadagan pero wa supportahe sa gobyerno sa pinas tua na ron sa china gibaligya ang formula

[aenigma143]

naa baya to naka inbento dre cebu nga tubig ra sa puso negro ang gitubil sa sakyanan unya nakapadagan pero wa supportahe sa gobyerno sa pinas tua na ron sa china gibaligya ang formula

hoax and fake to iyang paagi

[crossramz]

naa baya to naka inbento dre cebu nga tubig ra sa puso negro ang gitubil sa sakyanan unya nakapadagan pero wa supportahe sa gobyerno sa pinas tua na ron sa china gibaligya ang formula

mao ba boss? kinsa nag ingon? ang lolo sa imo silingan?

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