tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post3471530528282295835..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: Ford's Hydrogen-Powered Plug-In HybridUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-10390192554363921552007-04-08T12:08:00.000-04:002007-04-08T12:08:00.000-04:00Jim:DME is consistent with the use of nuclear powe...Jim:<BR/><BR/>DME is consistent with the use of nuclear power for motor fuel manufacture. Arguably nuclear power could be the best option for making the stuff.<BR/><BR/>DME is the perfect fluid fuel for generation synthetically from hydrogen, since it can be made by hydrogenation of carbon dioxide directly.<BR/><BR/>I wrote at length about this subject in a diary called "Banning Oil: Dimethyl ether, Hydrogen, Nuclear Power and Motor Fuel for Cars and Trucks."<BR/><BR/>Here is the link:<BR/><BR/>http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/11/24/195214/27<BR/><BR/>DME is suitable for use in all gas fired systems, including gas fired turbines that could be used in automotive settings. It runs diesels quite well. It is non-toxic. It has a short lifetime in the atmosphere. <BR/><BR/>Best of all, it is available conceivably in vast quantities from nuclear energy.<BR/><BR/>-NNadirAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-33155277075780766772007-04-05T01:53:00.000-04:002007-04-05T01:53:00.000-04:00Ick. Hydrogen.The nuclear future here will be the...Ick. Hydrogen.<BR/><BR/>The nuclear future here will be thermochemical hydrogen used captively to make dimethyl ether, (DME).<BR/><BR/>This is what we should be pushing for.<BR/><BR/>DME is much like LPG in its properties, and is more versatile than either gasoline, natural gas, LPG. It's extraordinarily clean and can be made with a nuclear source of primary energy.<BR/><BR/>NNadir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com