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Permalink Reply by jim weyland on March 16, 2014 at 16:00

with respect, there's no free lunch in the energy conversion business. what the article suggests that is now possible begs us to imagine that the supermajors have never explored this 'new' process so vaguely described.

imo, the/our supermajors have forgotten more about catalytic chemistry involving hydrocarbons conversion than all others know.

money talks, and, (well, you know) what walks.

yet, i wish them well. we, here, need more trade secrets.

 

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Permalink Reply by 1kw6x71km1v37 on March 17, 2014 at 2:12

Related, ahead of it's time, in the dark???....http://theadvocate.com/news/business/6190610-123/sasol-gives-update...

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Permalink Reply by jim weyland on March 17, 2014 at 3:48

cs, i'd include sasol on the/my short list.

the thing that threw me in the article was the radical notion, to me, of using a non-noble metal, lead, as a catalyst.

jim

p.s. as i said before, i hope they're right and i'm wrong

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Permalink Reply by Nixon Dow on March 18, 2014 at 0:31

It might not be as far fetched as we all might think. It appears that these stories are coming about more and more often

http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/524536/cheaper-gasoline/

I am always reserved when reading these articles and buying into what they claim as, especially when all of the majors haven't found it yet either.  However, it could be the ''throw-everything-at-the-wall approach" that some off the smaller groups are able to take that have enabled them to basically "stumble" across a breakthrough.

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