Well, I'm a NY finance professional, so (from a selfish professional perspective) I am all for eCat's find if it causes enough disruption to create a new boom in the US capital and job markets. I'm also a human with kids and young relatives, so from a selfish personal perspective, the thought that CO2 could be turned into ethanol, potentially removed from the carbon cycle and ultimately create a virtual "energy loop" whereby the fuels we use are recycled from the pollution we create from the use of that fuel, is awesome and welcome. Maybe Rat's condo in South Carolina will actually stand for another 30 years after all.crashcourse wrote:I believe aTm might have his own agenda but bklyn's motives must be questioned based on his first ever post here energy questions and living in DC--could be some political advantage to squash the hopes of ecat's scientific find
If I "roll the tape" forward on this, though, I do wonder if that technology can be kept in US hands. If so, it means a lot for our future economic health...but could also have destabilizing effects on Gulf nations. I could easily see (in some conspiratorial universe...that we may or may not currently live in) that government pressure on industry would keep this technology from being fully adopted to keep it from being too disruptive until parties like the Saudis can fully diversify from their oil-based economies.
