In 2018 I was quite smitten with the idea of using microbes to convert very dirty lignite coal into very clean Natural Gas. A solution for Europe? In light of what happened with Russian gas may be even more interesting. The article is remastered but not editorially changed. https://lnkd.in/deFxBHbJ
The earth contains vast quantities of carbon and hydrocarbons which are chemically weathering via oxidation below the surface soils. This chemical weathering is exothermic and therefore presumably provides energy to sustain a massive microbial ecosystem about which little is known. These microbes then sustain other life forms.
Having spent 60 years trying to create and develop new ideas and products many of which worked well once you forced yourself passed the naysayers that were convinced it will not work. Many new revolutionary items we enjoy today were created by unique individuals that did not listen to the experts of the day but drove their own vision forward, usually at great mental costs to themselves. My favourite is Sir Frank Whittle of jet engine fame that was told by a UK government expert advisor “this engine will never power an aeroplane as it is too heavy and the materials to produce it do not exist” Whittles later response was “how fortunate it was that I was too stupid to know this” From my trip to see Apollo 17 Launch in 1972 my motivators were the NASA “if you can dream it we can do it” Disney. “90% is not good enough” However, one day Rudolf your previous work may become the dream for today.
A great article Rudolph - our group Auric BioRecovery, LLC has aready trialled differing coals and shales from around the world (USA, China and Australia). We have been able to mobilise the maceral (especially vitrinite and intertinite - the two most common organic minerals) load in those respective units and create everything from dry gas to wet gas to wet gas with benefits i.e. up to 24% H2 in the head space. The technology exists - our little group has trialled this to bulk cores in bioreactors successfully over the last 10 of so years. The lignites with their high water load etc are suitable for in seam treatment. This is great as it removes the extraction from being close to existing mining operations and converts stranded assets into something of immense value. Defintiely worth a shot!
Coal is good, carbon dioxide is better - that dirt is gold for plants and humans
Won’t be good enough for the climatologists, but in reality we need nat gas.
This would be great for Europe. But then, so would fracking. But we can’t have cheap abundant energy. That would ruin everything.??
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9 个月Under what conditions do the microbes their work? Could this be something for a biodigester.