Origin of energy

ninky_2

it's time the eurosceptics realised we're better off as part of a joined europe.

ChiefGrasscutter

Ilya_Ilyich wrote: »

Fusion's a few decades away.

and..so the joke goes
it has been a few decades away for the last few decades.

Replying to an ealier poster.
Some of the remaining coal is much deeper in multiple thinner seams making it rather difficult/expensive to mine.
In-situ coal gasification has been postulated as a means of extracting the energy from it without actually having to figure out how to get it out/process it.

PeterZ_2

ChiefGrasscutter wrote: »

and..so the joke goes
it has been a few decades away for the last few decades.

Replying to an ealier poster.
Some of the remaining coal is much deeper in multiple thinner seams making it rather difficult/expensive to mine.
In-situ coal gasification has been postulated as a means of extracting the energy from it without actually having to figure out how to get it out/process it.

Yes, exactly. Many people fail to realise that while we have plenty of coal left, the situation is a little like to global situation with oil - the easy and cheap stuff is mostly gone.

Degenerate

PeterZ wrote: »

Yes, exactly. Many people fail to realise that while we have plenty of coal left, the situation is a little like to global situation with oil - the easy and cheap stuff is mostly gone.

The cost of other energy sources has climbed dramatically since our coal industry was virtually shut down, making the economics of coal worth looking at again.

Bullfighter

RenovationMan wrote: »

We have something like 300 years worth of proven coal reserves. We need to re-open mines and build coal fired power stations. Thatcher was so intent on breaking the mining unions and getting rid of our 'dirty man of Europe' tag that she didnt look into the possibility of developing cleaner technologies to help us burn coal in a more environmentally friendly way.

Coal will fill the gap between dwindling natural gas and oil and the development of fusion reactors.

Hmm, So we can just put coal into our cars can we?

What about hydrocarbon based fertilisers or plastics?

Ahhh.... you say we can sequester oil from coal!!! It will be cheap!

$200bbl cheap at best.

It's true. We will NEVER run out of oil or the ability to create syncrude. It is the EROEI and sheer cost which will make Coal, Gas, Oil Shales a dead end for industrialised civilisation.

hcb42

makes me laugh how the person sending this on the PDF has just deducted 7pp from China to make it add up!

Not good scientific rigour there!