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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dear Jim</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Greg says, among other things, :</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman">This is where our tax dollars are diverted into non
economic production </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman">of a fuel additive which supposedly saves us from climate
change.</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>There was an interesting Science program on CBC on
15 Jan, on Climate Change. A reference URL to the Program is:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A
href="">http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/episode/2011/01/15/january-15-2011/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>They have one clip on "Climate 3000". Scroll down
and click on "Listen to this Item".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>It would appear from this article that we cannot be "saved from Climate
Change."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Best wishes,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Kevin</DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jleach@danatech.net href="mailto:jleach@danatech.net">Jim Leach</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org
href="mailto:gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org">'Discussion of biomass
pyrolysis and gasification'</A> ; <A title=mark@ludlow.com
href="mailto:mark@ludlow.com">mark@ludlow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 26, 2011 1:18
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Gasification] Range Fuels
Closing Plant</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=169131817-26012011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>That is a pretty nasty and bold claim, do you have any facts
to back that up?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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P.E.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial><STRONG>President</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org">gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</A>
[mailto:gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>GF<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 25, 2011 10:41 AM<BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:mark@ludlow.com">mark@ludlow.com</A>;
gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Gasification]
Range Fuels Closing Plant<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><FONT color=black size=2 face=arial>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Government Grants and Ethanol.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman">I think we all agree on: THE GREAT ETHANOL
SWINDLE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman">This is where our tax dollars are diverted into non
economic production </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman">of a fuel additive which supposedly saves us from
climate change.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman">The primary players in this scam have made sure their
methods together with the cash cow they have created “REMAINS
INTACT”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman">The last thing they desire is a new and more efficient
system to be discovered or adopted.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman">So how do they protect their interests?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman">Quite simply, take control of any new committees<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>responsible for the selection of
grants which might produce an alternative to their scam.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman">How could such a wasteful and useless system be chosen
for Federal Investment unless the people on the committee had an agenda which
also included the grant seekers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman">The naivety of those who believe that poor judgment on
the part of the perpetrators is the primary cause of such “losses” should have
their voting rights revoked.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman">There are no accidents or poor judgment in politics.
That is the excuse generated by a stupid and trusting electorate.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman">It will not matter how merit worthy your claim is for
grant money, it will not be considered worthy if it challenges an established
“funded” system. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman">It might be chosen if it has “floors”, in which case,
be prepared to share it with at least one member of the
committee.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5
face="Times New Roman">GF</FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
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<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: Mark Ludlow <mark@ludlow.com><BR>To: 'Discussion
of biomass pyrolysis and gasification'
<gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org><BR>Sent: Tue, Jan 25, 2011 11:20
am<BR>Subject: Re: [Gasification] Range Fuels Closing Plant<BR><BR>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">Tom writes:
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Geneva','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Wonder
why anyone stays in this field?</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Geneva','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Reply: It
pays well.<BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
href="mailto:gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org">gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</A>
[<A
href="mailto:gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org?">mailto:gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</A>]
<B>On Behalf Of </B><A
href="mailto:LINVENT@aol.com">LINVENT@aol.com</A><BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday,
January 25, 2011 6:27 AM<BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:tmiles@trmiles.com">tmiles@trmiles.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org">gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: [Gasification] Range Fuels Closing Plant</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Geneva','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Dear
Technologists,<BR> The failure or whatever it is spun
by Mr. Klepper in the article announcing the closure of the plant, is by
itself devastating to the industry. Without a successfully operating plant,
the industry has no positive markers for the investment community. Do you
think that the financing group would do another bio-refinery after putting up
the money for this plant? <BR> What is more difficult
is that nowhere in the technical review community used to fund this plant was
the critical eye which said "It won't work". Of course, the developers may
have shopped the technical review until they got what they wanted to hear. The
DOE is quite apparently not able to make the distinction as they approved the
funding. This also means that a successful technology would not be known by
them. It takes a winner to know a winner. <BR> I
had early meetings with parts of the Klepper movement. A small private group
which had put $1+mm into the project and were basically abandoneed when the
technology was sold to another group for development. Their concerns were the
reactor design which apparently relied upon a mechanical system which they
didn't think would scale well. Not knowing what the issues with the plant not
operating, this may have been a contributing factor. They also said that they
were sticking with it and just picking my brains which I suspected and didn't
contribute anything of significance. <BR> There
were also issues with the catalyst. Reports that it produced only ethanol
using the proprietary catalyst were suspect as most of the catalysts for
ethanol production produce methanol also. The press statement that they ran a
methanol batch first and then an ethanol batch, are interesting in this
regard. <BR> DOE is doing a lot of soul
searching at the behest of the White House because of the dearth of bio-energy
project successes. Political pressure will not make it happen, money will not
make it happen, but a serious well developed , innovative, simple process and
technology will. <BR> Below are some of the massive
failures:<BR>Occidental's flash pyrolysis unit in Sad Diego:
$100mm<BR>Britestar/EDL pyrolysis unit in Australia: $200mm<BR>Range Fuels:
$300mm<BR>Molten Metals: $90mm(mostly DOE earmarked funds)<BR>Hawaii
IGT/EPRI/Westinghouse/HPL/ gasification unit: $30-50mm?<BR>Battelle's dual
fluidized bed gasification system: $60mm? <BR>Thermoselect's two stage
combustion system: $125mm/plant 4-5 plants except for the one in Japan which I
think is still operating. <BR>PRM's Philadelphia sewage sludge gasification
system: $2-3mm (blew up and was shut down very shortly after installation, I
was called to see if wanted the plant for scrap).<BR>Italian sawdust
gasification plant near Venice, 1 Mwe couldn't get an engine to run more than
40 hours between valve jobs due to tar fouling of intake valves.
<BR>Farmland's acquisition of the Daggett, California Texaco coal gasification
144 Mwe power plant and reconstituting it in Coffeville, Kansas to run on pet
coke for ammonia production. Texaco was thrown out of the project, Farmland
finished the plant got it running on petcoke, had to file bankruptcy and sell
the 1100 ton/day ammonia production unit using it to a separate entity.
<BR> The list goes on and on.
<BR> Wonder why anyone stays in this field?
<BR><BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Sand','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Leland T.
"Tom" Taylor<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Geneva','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">President<BR>Thermogenics
Inc.<BR>505.463.8422<BR><A href="http://www.thermogenics.com/"
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