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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Ron,<br>
No.<br>
Doubt.<br>
<br>
Don't forget the continuous feed, wood pellet, total combustion,
range!<br>
Caveat; our bosses will likely prefer nuclear, enslavement and
population decline, especially in the north! <br>
<br>
Alex<br>
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On 12/06/2013 9:05 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rongretlarson@comcast.net">rongretlarson@comcast.net</a> wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000">Paul
(cc Alex)<br>
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This is to respond to your question:<br>
<b><i> Do you have any other other alternative to the use
of fossil fuels?<br>
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</b>Here are three alternatives, from my perspective:<br>
a. Continued growth of the electrical system. Electricity
is a great way to cook. As we decide to get off fossil-fueled
electricity, biomass will be used for backup to wind and solar.
As we realize the need to get back to 350 ppm CO2, then the best
biomass option is with biochar - Backup with CHP in 10 -20 MW
scale, not the GW scale assumed for BECCS.<br>
b. Natural gas for cooking will be replaced slowly by
pyrolysis gas (and electricity). City gas (from biomass) came
before natural gas.<br>
c. Liquid fuels can also come from pyrolysis with char
co-product when we decide we need to get to 350 ppm. Cooking
can be that way as well.<br>
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Half the world can still rely on TLUD designs for cooking.
Not for most on this list, including Alex and I, because we can
afford to keep what we now use. But for half the world, a TLUD
could be the cheapest - and so you need to keep developing your
type. That's a big market. One caution - solar cooking for
some meals will creep in - because it will be the cheapest.<br>
<br>
Note that all four approaches involve char-making - since I
assume an eventual recognition both that all fossil fuels must
go and also that we need 350 or lower. <br>
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No doubt Alex agrees with all this. Your reaction?<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
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